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TYPES OF WORK


RESTRICTED

*This is not a legal document ~ it is intended as a guide only*

Applicable Age

Prohibited Employment for Teens
Under 14
years old
  • Anything not specifically listed as approved
  • May not be employed in or in connection with an occupation
  • May not use motorized equipment, such as a lawnmower
14 - 15      
years old
  • Work in manufacturing, warehousing and storage, communications, public utilities, construction, maintenance of repair of any establishment, and boiler or engine rooms
  • Wash the outside of windows from a windowsill
  • Work with ladders and scaffolding taller than 20 feet
14 - 17 
years old
  • Logging and sawmill operations, mining, wrecking and demolition, excavation, roofing
  • Use large saws and shears, paper product machines, power-driven bakery appliances and woodworking machines
  • Manufacture or store explosives or articles containing explosive components
  • In an occupation involving exposure to a radioactive substance or ionizing radiation
  • Operate a freight elevator or other power driver hoisting apparatus, such as forklifts or cranes
  • A mining occupation
  • At a job involving slaughtering, meatpacking, meat processing or rendering
  • Ride outside a motor vehicle to assist in transporting or delivering goods
  • Operate power-driven, metal forming, punching and shearing machines
  • Manufacture brick, tile or similar products

NOTE: For detailed information or clarification, call:

Havre Job Service Workforce Center at 265-5847

or the Wage and Hour Division at 444-5600 or visit

  http://erd.dli.mt.gov/laborstandard/wagehrchild.asp