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What jobs are considered hazardous for Youth Employment?

Agency: Labor & Economic Growth


Examples of hazardous work include:

 

  • Contact with hazardous substances, chemicals, explosives or radioactive substances.
  • Driving and working as an outside helper (pizza delivery etc.)
  • Jobs in the logging and sawmill industry.
  • Jobs using woodworking machinery.
  • Brazing, welding, soldering or heat treating, for those less than 16 years of age.
  • Work on construction sites, excavation sites, bridges, streets or highways.
  • Slaughtering, butchering and meat cutting.
  • Occupations involving power driven equipment, tools, saws, or machinery (Bakery machines, paper product machines; metal forming, punching and shearing machines).

 

For a more complete list of hazardous youth employment, view our Restricted Occupations guide.

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