Code of Maine Rules
12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
170 - BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS
Chapter 11 - RULES GOVERNING HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS FOR MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN IN NON-AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
Section 170-11-3 - State Prohibited Occupations

1. Any manufacturing occupation;

2. Any mining occupation;

3. Any processing occupation (except those allowed in retail, food service and gasoline service stations, and all other venues not prohibited by federal law);

4. Motor vehicle driving of any kind and outside helper;

5. Operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than non-hazardous office machines or machines in retail, food service and gasoline service establishments that are allowed by federal law;

6. Construction occupations involving:

7. All work in boiler or engine rooms;

8. Outside window washing that involves working from window sills and all work involving the use of ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes;

9. Cooking (except at soda fountains, lunch counters, snack bars or cafeteria serving counters and other venues allowed by federal law) and baking;

10. Occupations which involve operating, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters and bakery-type mixers;

11. All work in freezers and meat coolers;

12. Occupations involving the use of power-driven mowers or cutters, including the use of chain saws;

13. All warehousing occupations, including the loading and unloading of trucks and use of conveyers;

14. All welding, brazing or soldering occupations;

15. Occupations involving the use of toxic chemicals and paints;

16. Selling door-to-door (except when the minor is selling candy or merchandise as a fund-raiser for school or for an organization to which the minor belongs, such as Girl Scouts of America) or work in a traveling youth crew;

17. All occupations on amusement rides, including ticket collection or sales;

18. Any placement at the scene of a fire, explosion or other emergency response situation: and

19. All occupations that are expressly prohibited for sixteen and seventeen-year-old minors;

1. Manufacturing and storing explosives;

2. Motor vehicle driving on public roadways and outside helper;

3. All mining occupations;

*4. Power-driven woodworking machines;

5. Power-driven hoisting apparatus;

*6. Power-driven metal forming, punching and shearing machines;

*7. Slaughtering or meat packing, processing or rendering occupations (this includes meat slicers, grinders and choppers);

*8. Power-driven paper products machines;

9. Manufacturing brick, tile, and kindred products;

*10. Power-driven circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears;

11. Wrecking and demolition occupations;

*12. Roofing operations;

*13. Excavation operations;

14. All occupations in places having nude entertainment;

15. Placement at the scene of a fire, explosion or other emergency except as provided in part 4(C)& 4(E);

*16. Gas or electric welding, brazing, burning or cutting if done in conjunction with other hazardous occupation such as wrecking, demolition and ship breaking operations;

17. Work that involves entry into a confined space where the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations require a permit entry system under 29 CFR 1910.146 as amended August 1, 2003; and

18. Working at heights where the U. S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations require special precautions or personal protective equipment:

19. All occupations in registered dispensaries of marijuana for medical use authorized under Title 22, chapter 558-C and in establishments that cultivate, produce or sell marijuana or products in which marijuana is an ingredient or in recreational marijuana social clubs authorized under Title 7, chapter 417.