Do you employ anyone under the age of 18? If so, there are 17 non-farm jobs (in some cases machinery) that the U.S. Department of Labor says are generally off-limits to minors. Check with your state department of labor for more information.
- Manufacturing or storing explosives
- Driving a motor vehicle and being an outside helper on a motor vehicle
- Coal mining
- Logging and sawmilling
- Power-driven wood-working machines
- Exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations
- Power-driven hoisting equipment
- Power-driven metal-forming, punching, and shearing machines
- Mining, other than coal mining
- Meat packing or processing, using power meat-slicers
- Power-driven bakery machines
- Power-driven paper-products machines
- Manufacturing brick, tile, and related products
- Power-driven circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears
- Wrecking, demolition, and ship-breaking operations
- Roofing operations
- Excavation operations
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C, August 1998.