41-2-107 . Prohibited employment of minors who are 16 and 17 years of age. Unless working as an apprentice, student-learner, or student-employee under the provisions of 41-2-110 , a minor 16 or 17 years of age may not be employed in or in connection with any of the following occupations: (1) manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components; (2) logging and the operation of a sawmill, lath mill, or shingle mill; (3) the operation of power-driven woodworking machines; (4) an occupation involving exposure to a radioactive substance or ionizing radiation; (5) the operation of a freight elevator, except for a freight elevator permitted for use under the child labor provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or other power-driven hoisting apparatus; (6) the operation of a power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machine; (7) a mining occupation; (8) slaughtering, meatpacking, meat processing, or rendering; (9) the operation of a power-driven bakery machine; (10) the operation of a power-driven paper products machine; (11) the manufacture of brick, tile, or similar products; (12) the operation of a circular saw, bandsaw, or guillotine shears; (13) a wrecking or demolition operation; (14) an excavation operation; (15) a roofing operation; (16) riding outside a motor vehicle to assist in transporting or delivering goods; and (17) a coal mining operation.
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