The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry has established as hazardous or detrimental to the well-being of minors the following occupations:
Liquor
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To serve, dispense or handle intoxicating liquors that are consumed on the premises;
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To work in rooms where liquor is served or consumed, with the following exceptions:
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16-year-olds may perform busing, dishwashing or hosting duties in a restaurant, and
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minors who have reached the age of 16 may provide musical entertainment in a restaurant.
Note: Department of Public Safety liquor-control laws prohibit serving or selling intoxicating liquor in a retail liquor establishment by minors less than 18 years of age.
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Tobacco
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Note: There is no state restriction on age for selling tobacco products. Bloomington Code regarding Teens Selling Tobacco is spelled out Section 14.442. Teens may work in places that sell tobacco as outlined below. Strong caution: Any employee who is sells/stocks tobacco products shall be charged with a crime for selling tobacco to minors.
(a) It shall be a gross misdemeanor for anyone to sell tobacco-related products to a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(b) It shall be a misdemeanor for anyone to furnish tobacco-related products to a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(c) It shall be a petty misdemeanor for anyone under the age of eighteen (18) years to use, purchase, attempt to purchase, or possess tobacco-related products, except that a person under eighteen (18) years of age who is employed in an establishment licensed to sell tobacco-related products may possess such products while selling or stocking them. This Section shall not apply to a person under the age of eighteen (18) years who purchases or attempts to purchase tobacco-related products while under the direct supervision of a responsible adult for training, education, research, or enforcement purposes.
Hazardous materials
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Where chemicals or other substances are present at excessive temperatures or in injurious, explosive, toxic or flammable quantities;
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Where explosives or fireworks are manufactured, stored, handled or fired.
Hazardous operations
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In or about logging or lumbering operations; paper mills; saw mills, lath mills, shingle mills; mines, quarries and sand or gravel pits; construction or building projects; ice harvesting operations;
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In building maintenance or repair higher than 12 feet above ground or floor level;
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In oxy-acetylene or oxy-hydrogen welding.
Transportation
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On boats or vessels used for commercial purposes, except if performing guide or other non-operational duties;
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Driving buses, cabs or other passenger-carrying vehicles as a driver;
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In certain railway occupations.
Machinery
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Operating or assisting in the operation of power-driven machinery, such as forklifts, meat saws and grinders, milling machines, punch presses, press brakes and shears, woodworking machinery;
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Operating any nonautomatic elevator, lift or hoisting machine;
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Operating, erecting or dismantling rides or machinery in an amusement park, street carnival or traveling show, or in the loading or unloading of passengers on rides.
Other
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As a lifeguard, except for a minor with a Red Cross lifesaving certificate that works with uninterrupted adult supervision.
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Prohibited work for minors less than 16 years of age
In addition to all of the above:
Machinery
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To operate or assist in the operation of machinery;
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Laundry, rug cleaning or dry-cleaning equipment;
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Power-driven snowblowers, lawn mowers or garden equipment;
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Drill presses, milling machines, grinders, lathes and portable power-driven machinery such as drills, sanders, and polishing and scrubbing equipment for floor maintenance;
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Meat slicers, textile-making machines or bakery machinery;
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In oiling, cleaning or maintaining any power-driven machinery;
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In work using pits, racks or lifting apparatus at service stations or in mounting tires on rims;
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In a car wash to attach cars to or detach them from mechanized conveyor lines or to operate or contact the car while it is connected to the conveyor.
Agriculture
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In any agricultural operation declared by the U.S. Secretary of Labor to be particularly hazardous for employment of children less than age 16.
Transportation
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In or about an airport landing strip and taxi or maintenance aprons;
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As an outside helper on a motor vehicle.
Operations
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Welding, loader or launcher for skeet- or trap-shooting, manufacturing or commercial warehouse, processing plants.
Other
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Lifting, carrying or caring for patients in hospitals or nursing homes;
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In walk-in meat freezers or meat coolers, except for occasional entrance.
Exceptions:
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A 17-year-old high school graduate;
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A minor employed by a business solely owned and daily supervised by one or both parents;
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A minor employed at tasks away from or outside of the area of hazardous operation, equipment or materials.
