Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4101:9 - Wage and Hour
Chapter 4101:9-2 - Employment of Minors in Occupations Hazardous or Detrimental to Health and Well-Being
Section 4101:9-2-02.2 - Tools permitted for participants of the manufacturing mentorship program
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4101:9-2-02.2
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
The following tools may be used by any minors sixteen or seventeen years of age only if they are participants in the manufacturing mentorship program as prescribed by this chapter:
(A) General tools:
(1)
Pipe
and bolt threading machine;
(2)
Pipe nipple and
automatic pipe nipple machines;
(3)
Certain electric
carts used as a means of transportation in large industrial plants and at
railroad stations, as long as they are not driven on public
roads;
(4)
Riding mowers or golf carts in a warehouse setting, as
long as they are not driven on public roads;
(5)
Powered contour
measuring instruments;
(6)
Multi-axis type robotic equipment;
(B) Tools only permitted with conditions:
(1)
Welding tools only while under direct
supervision;
(2)
Waterjet cutting machines with devices for fully
automatic feeding and ejection and with a fixed guard that prevents operators
or helpers from placing any part of their bodies in the point-of-operation
area;
(3)
Computer numerical control (CNC) machines while under
direct supervision;
(4)
Production press machines that are not already listed
as a specific prohibition or exception in Chapter 4101:9-2 of the
Administrative Code, so long as those devices include fully automatic feeding
and ejection and a fixed guard that prevents operators or helpers from placing
any part of their bodies in the point-of-operation area;
(5)
Plastics molding
machines when fitted with the proper guarding and are not manually
fed;
(6)
Plastics extruders while under direct
supervision;
(7)
Soldering irons while under direct
supervision;
(C) Tools restricted by type of use:
(1)
Certain tools
that require the placing of material on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide
for automatic feeding, such as:
(a)
Band resaw only when it incorporates the use of a chain
feed and there is no direct interaction with the tool;
(b)
Automatic nailing
machine only when it incorporates the use of a hopper, belt, or chain feed, and
there is no direct interaction with the tool;
(2)
Automatic
wire-stitching machines only when it incorporates the use of a hopper or chain
feed and there is no direct interaction with the tool;
(3)
Tools designed
for carrying or moving nonhazardous material from one machine to another
(hike-a-way).
(D) Miscellaneous tools:
Any other tools that are permitted under the Fair Labor Standards Act and are not specifically prohibited by section 4109.05 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder.
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