[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR570.59]

[Page 272-273]
 
                             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. 570.59  Occupations involved in the operations of power-driven 
metal forming, punching, and shearing machines (Order 8).

    (a) Finding 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 operator of or helper on the following power-
driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machines:
    (i) All rolling machines, such as beading, straightening, 
corrugating, flanging, or bending rolls; and hot or cold rolling mills.
    (ii) All pressing or punching machines, such as punch presses except 
those provided with full automatic feed and ejection and with a fixed 
barrier guard to prevent the hands or fingers of the operator from 
entering the area between the dies; power presses; and plate punches.
    (iii) All bending machines, such as apron brakes and press brakes.
    (iv) All hammering machines, such as drop hammers and power hammers.

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    (v) All shearing machines, such as guillotine or squaring shears; 
alligator shears; and rotary shears.
    (2) The occupations of setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or 
cleaning these machines including those with automatic feed and 
ejection.
    (b) Definitions. (1) The term operator shall mean a person who 
operates a machine covered by this section by performing such functions 
as starting or stopping the machine, placing materials into or removing 
them from the machine, or any other functions directly involved in 
operation of the machine.
    (2) The term helper shall mean a person who assists in the operation 
of a machine covered by this section by helping place materials into or 
remove them from the machine.
    (3) The term forming, punching, and shearing machines shall mean 
power-driven metal-working machines, other than machine tools, which 
change the shape of or cut metal by means of tools, such as dies, rolls, 
or knives which are mounted on rams, plungers, or other moving parts. 
Types of forming, punching, and shearing machines enumerated in this 
section are the machines to which the designation is by custom applied.
    (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).

[16 FR 7008, July 20, 1951, as amended at 25 FR 9848, Oct. 14, 1960. 
Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963, and amended at 28 FR 3449, 
Apr. 9, 1963. Redesignated at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971]