[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: 29CFR570.68]

[Page 305]
 
                             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. 570.68  Occupations in excavation operations (Order 17).

    (a) Finding and declaration of fact. The following occupations in 
excavation operations are particularly hazardous for the employment of 
persons between 16 and 18 years of age:
    (1) Excavating, working in, or backfilling (refilling) trenches, 
except (i) manually excavating or manually backfilling trenches that do 
not exceed four feet in depth at any point, or (ii) working in trenches 
that do not exceed four feet in depth at any point.
    (2) Excavating for buildings or other structures or working in such 
excavations, except: (i) Manually excavating to a depth not exceeding 
four feet below any ground surface adjoining the excavation, or (ii) 
working in an excavation not exceeding such depth, or (iii) working in 
an excavation where the side walls are shored or sloped to the angle of 
repose.
    (3) Working within tunnels prior to the completion of all driving 
and shoring operations.
    (4) Working within shafts prior to the completion of all sinking and 
shoring operations.
    (b) 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).

[28 FR 3449, Apr. 9, 1963. Redesignated at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971]