Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 40 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part VII - Conditions under Which Minor Labor May Be Used
Chapter 5 - Hazardous Occupations
Section VII-511 - Power Driven Woodworking Machine Occupations

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VII-511

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Definitions

Off-Bearing-removal of material or refuse directly from a saw table or from the point of operation.

Power-Driven Woodworking Machines-all fixed or portable machines or tools driven by mechanical or electrical power, and are used or designed for cutting, shaping, forming, nailing, stapling, wire-stitching, fastening, or otherwise assembling, pressing, or printing wood veneer, or other products.

B. Prohibited Occupations. The following occupations involved in operation of power-driven woodworking machines are prohibited:

1. supervising or controlling operation of any woodworking machines;

2. feeding materials into any woodworking machine;

3. helping to feed materials into any woodworking machine;

4. setting up and adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning power-driven woodworking machines;

5. any off-bearing occupations such as removing materials from circular saws and guillotine-action veneer clippers.

C. Operations not considered to be off-bearing are:

1. removal of material or refuse from a circular saw or guillotine-action veneer clipper when such material or refuse has been conveyed away from the saw table or point of operation by a gravity chute or by some mechanical means, such as a moving belt or expulsion device;

2. carrying, moving, or transporting materials from one machine to another, or from one part of the plant to another;

3. piling, stacking or arranging materials to be fed into a machine by another person; and

4. sorting, tying, bundling or loading materials into conveyances.

D. Exemptions. Registered apprentices and registered student-learners are exempt from prohibitions which apply to power-driven woodworking machine occupations.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:161.

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