LAC 40:VII.517. Power-Driven Paper-Product Machine Occupations

A. Definitions Operating or Assisting to Operate―all work involved in starting, stopping, loading materials into, and removing materials from a machine or other work directly involved in operating the machine. Paper Products Machine―any power-driven machine used to manufacture or convert paper or pulp into a finished product. The term is understood to apply to such machines whether they are used in establishments that manufacture converted paper pulp products, or in any other type of manufacturing or non-manufacturing establishment. B. Prohibited Occupations 1. Minors are prohibited from operating or assisting to operate any of the following or similar machines: Arm-type wirestitcher, stapler, circular or band saw, corner cutter or mitering machine, corrugating and single or double facing machine, envelope die-cutting press, guillotine paper cutter or shear, horizontal bar scorer, laminating or combining machine, sheeting machine, scrap paper baler or vertical slotter, platen die-cutting press, platen printing press and punch press which involves hand-feeding. 2. Minors are prohibited from setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning above machines, including those which do not involve hand-feeding. C. Exemptions. Registered apprentices and registered student-learners are exempt from all prohibitions in occupations involving power-driven paper-product machines and equipment.