(a) Finding and declaration of fact. All occupations in or about any
coal mine, except the occupation of slate or other refuse picking at a
picking table or picking chute in a tipple or breaker and occupations
requiring the performance of duties solely in offices or in repair or
maintenance shops located in the surface part of any coal-mining plant,
are particularly hazardous for the employment of minors between 16 and
18 years of age.
(b) Definitions. For the purpose of this section:
(1) The term coal shall mean any rank of coal including lignite,
bituminous, and the anthracite coals.
(2) The term all occupations in or about any coal mine shall mean
all types of work performed in any underground working, open-pit, or
surface part of any coal-mining plant, that contribute to the
extraction, grading, cleaning, or other handling of coal.
[16 FR 7008, July 20, 1951. Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963,
and amended at 28 FR 3449, Apr. 9, 1963. Redesignated and amended at 36
FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971]
