Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 1 - Industrial Welfare
Chapter 05 - Child Labor
Article 2 - Employment of Minors Under 18 Years of Age
8 AAC 05.090 - Occupations in the operation of a sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill
Universal Citation: 8 AK Admin Code 05.090
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) All occupations in the operation of a sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill are dangerous and prohibited to minors, except the following:
(1) work in office or in repair or
maintenance shops;
(2)
straightening, marking, or tallying lumber on the dry chain or the dry shop
sorter;
(3) pulling lumber from the
dry chain;
(4) cleanup in the
lumberyard;
(5) piling, handling,
or shipping of cooperage-stock in yards or storage sheds other than operating
or assisting in the operation of power-driven equipment;
(6) clerical work in yards or shipping sheds,
such as done by ordermen, tallymen, and shipping clerks;
(7) cleanup work outside shake and shingle
mills, except when the mills are in operation;
(8) splitting shakes manually from pre-cut
and split blocks with a froe and mallet, except inside the mill building or
cover;
(9) packing shakes into
bundles when done in conjunction with splitting shakes manually with a froe and
mallet, except inside the building or cover;
(10) manual loading of bundles of shingles or
shakes into trucks or railroad cars, if the employer has on file a statement
from a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy certifying the minor capable
of performing this work without injury.
(b) The exceptions in this section do not apply to a portable sawmill the lumberyard of which is used only for the temporary storage of green lumber and in connection with which no office or repair or maintenance shop is ordinarily maintained.
Authority:AS 23.10.350
AS 23.10.360
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