[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR570.63]

[Page 303]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR
                                DIVISION,
                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 570--CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart E--Occupations Particularly Hazardous for the Employment of 
Minors Between 16 and 18 Years of Age or Detrimental to Their Health or 
                               Well-Being
 
Sec. 570.63  Occupations involved in the operation of paper-products machines (Order 12).

    (a) Findings and declaration of fact. The following occupations are 
particularly hazardous for the employment of minors between 16 and 18 
years of age:
    (1) The occupations of operation or assisting to operate any of the 
following power-driven paper products machines:
    (i) Arm-type wire stitcher or stapler, circular or band saw, corner 
cutter or mitering machine, corrugating and single-or-double-facing 
machine, envelope die-cutting press, guillotine paper cutter or shear, 
horizontal bar scorer, laminating or combining machine, sheeting 
machine, scrap-paper baler, or vertical slotter.
    (ii) Platen die-cutting press, platen printing press, or punch press 
which involves hand feeding of the machine.
    (2) The occupations of setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or 
cleaning these machines including those which do not involve hand 
feeding.
    (b) Definitions. (1) The term operating or assisting to operate 
shall mean all work which involves starting or stopping a machine 
covered by this section, placing or removing materials into or from the 
machine, or any other work directly involved in operating the machine. 
The term does not include the stacking of materials by an employee in an 
area nearby or adjacent to the machine where such employee does not 
place the materials into the machine.
    (2) The term paper products machine shall mean all power-driven 
machines used in:
    (i) The remanufacture or conversion of paper or pulp into a finished 
product, including the preparation of such materials for re-cycling; or
    (ii) The preparation of such materials for disposal. The term 
applies to such machines whether they are used in establishments that 
manufacture converted paper or pulp products, or in any other type of 
manufacturing or nonmanufacturing establishment.
    (c) Exemptions. This section shall not apply to the employment of 
apprentices or student-learners under the conditions prescribed in 
Sec. 570.50 (b) and (c).

[56 FR 58632, Nov. 20, 1991]