(a) This subpart shall apply to the following permitted occupations
for minors between the ages of 14 and 16 employed by retail, food
service, and gasoline service establishments.
(1) Office and clerical work, including the operation of office
machines;
(2) Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising
departments, window trimming, and comparative shopping;
(3) Price marking and tagging by hand or by machine, assembling
orders, packing and shelving;
(4) Bagging and carrying out customers' orders;
(5) Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, and public
transportation;
(6) Clean up work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and floor
waxers, and maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-
driven mowers, or cutters;
(7) Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving
food and beverages, including operating machines and devices used in
performing such work. Examples of permitted machines and devices
include, but are not limited to, dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters,
popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee grinders, automatic coffee
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machines, devices used to maintain the temperature of prepared foods
(such as warmers, steam tables, and heat lamps), and microwave ovens
that are used only to warm prepared food and do not have the capacity
to warm above 140 [deg]F. Minors are permitted to clean kitchen
equipment (not otherwise prohibited), remove oil or grease filters,
pour oil or grease through filters, and move receptacles containing hot
grease or hot oil, but only when the equipment, surfaces, containers
and liquids do not exceed a temperature of 100 [deg]F;
(8) Work in connection with cars and trucks if confined to the
following: Dispensing gasoline and oil; courtesy service; car cleaning,
washing and polishing; and other occupations permitted by this section,
but not including work involving the use of pits, racks, or lifting
apparatus, or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim
equipped with a removable retaining ring.
(9) Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing, labeling,
weighing, pricing and stocking goods when performed in areas physically
separate from those where the work described in paragraph (b)(7) of this
section is performed;
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section shall not be construed to permit
the application of this subpart to any of the following occupations in
retail, food service, and gasoline service establishments:
(1) All occupations listed in Sec. 570.33 except occupations
involving processing, operation of machines and work in rooms where
processing and manufacturing take place which are permitted by paragraph
(a) of this section;
(2) Work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms;
(3) Work in connection with maintenance or repair of the
establishment, machines or equipment;
(4) Outside window washing that involves working from window sills,
and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their
substitutes;
(5) Baking and cooking are prohibited except:
(i) Cooking is permitted with electric or gas grilles which does
not involve cooking over an open flame (Note: this provision does not
authorize cooking with equipment such as rotisseries, broilers,
pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that
operate at extremely high temperatures such as ``Neico broilers''); and
(ii) Cooking is permitted with deep fryers that are equipped with
and utilize a device which automatically lowers the baskets into the
hot oil or grease and automatically raises the baskets from the hot oil
or grease;
(6) Occupations which involve operating, setting up, adjusting,
cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders,
food choppers, and cutters, and bakery-type mixers;
(7) Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in the
preparation of meats for sale except as described in paragraph (a)(9) of
this section;
(8) Loading and unloading goods to and from trucks, railroad cars,
or conveyors;
(9) All occupations in warehouses except office and clerical work.
[27 FR 4165, May 2, 1962. Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963.
Redesignated and amended at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971]
