Mont. Code Ann. § 41-2-107
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41-2-107 Prohibited employment of minors who are 16 and 17 years of age
Official statutory text
41-2-107 . Prohibited employment of minors who are 16 and 17 years of age. Unless working as an apprentice, student-learner, or student-employee under the provisions of 41-2-110 , a minor 16 or 17 years of age may not be employed in or in connection with any of the following occupations:
(1) manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components;
(2) logging and the operation of a sawmill, lath mill, or shingle mill;
(3) the operation of power-driven woodworking machines;
(4) an occupation involving exposure to a radioactive substance or ionizing radiation;
(5) the operation of a freight elevator, except for a freight elevator permitted for use under the child labor provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or other power-driven hoisting apparatus;
(6) the operation of a power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machine;
(7) a mining occupation;
(8) slaughtering, meatpacking, meat processing, or rendering;
(9) the operation of a power-driven bakery machine;
(10) the operation of a power-driven paper products machine;
(11) the manufacture of brick, tile, or similar products;
(12) the operation of a circular saw, bandsaw, or guillotine shears;
(13) a wrecking or demolition operation;
(14) an excavation operation;
(15) a roofing operation;
(16) riding outside a motor vehicle to assist in transporting or delivering goods; and
(17) a coal mining operation.
(1) manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components;
(2) logging and the operation of a sawmill, lath mill, or shingle mill;
(3) the operation of power-driven woodworking machines;
(4) an occupation involving exposure to a radioactive substance or ionizing radiation;
(5) the operation of a freight elevator, except for a freight elevator permitted for use under the child labor provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or other power-driven hoisting apparatus;
(6) the operation of a power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machine;
(7) a mining occupation;
(8) slaughtering, meatpacking, meat processing, or rendering;
(9) the operation of a power-driven bakery machine;
(10) the operation of a power-driven paper products machine;
(11) the manufacture of brick, tile, or similar products;
(12) the operation of a circular saw, bandsaw, or guillotine shears;
(13) a wrecking or demolition operation;
(14) an excavation operation;
(15) a roofing operation;
(16) riding outside a motor vehicle to assist in transporting or delivering goods; and
(17) a coal mining operation.
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