Current through August, 2024
(a) As used in this section:
"Off-bearing" means the removal of material or refuse
directly from a saw table or from the point of operation. Operations not
considered as off-bearing within the intent of this section include:
(1) The removal of material or refuse from a
circular saw or guillotine-action veneer clipper where the material or refuse
has been conveyed away from the saw table or point of operation by a gravity
chute or some mechanical means such as a moving belt or expulsion roller;
and
(2) The following operations
when they do not involve the removal of material or refuse directly from a saw
table or from the point of operation:
(A) The
carrying, moving, or transporting of materials from one machine to another or
from one part of a plant to another;
(B) The piling, stacking, or arranging of
materials for feeding into a machine by another person; and
(C) The sorting, tying, bundling, or loading
of materials.
"Power-driven woodworking machines" means all fixed or
portable machines or tools driven by power and used or designed for cutting,
shaping, forming, surfacing, nailing, stapling, wire stitching, fastening, or
otherwise assembling, pressing, or printing wood or veneer.
(b) Except as otherwise
provided in this section, the following occupations involved in the operation
of power-driven woodworking machines are declared hazardous for minors under
eighteen years of age:
(1) Operating
power-driven woodworking machines, including supervising or controlling the
operation of such machines, feeding material into such machines, and helping
the operator to feed material into such machines but not including the placing
of material on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide for automatic
feeding;
(2) Setting up, adjusting,
repairing, oiling, or cleaning power-driven woodworking machines; and
(3) Off-bearing from circular saws and from
guillotine-action veneer clippers.
(c) This section shall not apply to the
employment of any apprentice, trainee, student-learner, or enrollee if:
(1) The apprentice or trainee is a party to
an apprenticeship or trainee agreement registered with the department within
thirty days after execution of the agreement and the work of the apprentice or
trainee in the occupation declared hazardous is incidental to the training;
or
(2) The student-learner is
enrolled in a course of study and training in a cooperative vocational training
program under a bona fide vocational training program authorized and approved
by the department of education; provided that:
(A) The employment is intermittent and for
short periods of time, and under the direct and close supervision of a
qualified and experienced person; and
(B) Safety instructions are given by the
school and correlated by the employer with on-the-job training; or
(3) The enrollee is enrolled in a
work training program approved and conducted by or under the auspices of a
government agency.
