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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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4101:9 Wage and Hour |
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Chapter4101:9-2. Employment of Minors in Occupations Hazardous or Detrimental to Health and Well-Being |
4101:9-2-02.2. Tools permitted for participants of the manufacturing mentorship program
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The following tools may be used by any minors sixteen or seventeen years of age only if they are participants in the manufacturing mentorship program as prescribed by this chapter:
(A) General tools:
(1) Pipe and bolt threading machine;
(2) Pipe nipple and automatic pipe nipple machines;
(3) Certain electric carts used as a means of transportation in large industrial plants and at railroad stations, as long as they are not driven on public roads;
(4) Riding mowers or golf carts in a warehouse setting, as long as they are not driven on public roads;
(5) Powered contour measuring instruments;
(6) Multi-axis type robotic equipment;
(B) Tools only permitted with conditions:
(1) Welding tools only while under direct supervision;
(2) Waterjet cutting machines with devices for fully automatic feeding and ejection and with a fixed guard that prevents operators or helpers from placing any part of their bodies in the point-of-operation area;
(3) Computer numerical control (CNC) machines while under direct supervision;
(4) Production press machines that are not already listed as a specific prohibition or exception in Chapter 4101:9-2 of the Administrative Code, so long as those devices include fully automatic feeding and ejection and a fixed guard that prevents operators or helpers from placing any part of their bodies in the point-of-operation area;
(5) Plastics molding machines when fitted with the proper guarding and are not manually fed;
(6) Plastics extruders while under direct supervision;
(7) Soldering irons while under direct supervision;
(C) Tools restricted by type of use:
(1) Certain tools that require the placing of material on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide for automatic feeding, such as:
(a) Band resaw only when it incorporates the use of a chain feed and there is no direct interaction with the tool;
(b) Automatic nailing machine only when it incorporates the use of a hopper, belt, or chain feed, and there is no direct interaction with the tool;
(2) Automatic wire-stitching machines only when it incorporates the use of a hopper or chain feed and there is no direct interaction with the tool;
(3) Tools designed for carrying or moving nonhazardous material from one machine to another (hike-a-way).
(D) Miscellaneous tools:
Any other tools that are permitted under the Fair Labor Standards Act and are not specifically prohibited by section 4109.05 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder.