Seventeen hazardous nonfarm jobs, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, are prohibited for youngsters under the age of 18. Generally, they may not work at jobs that involve:

1. manufacturing or storing explosives

2. driving a motor vehicle and being an outside helper on a motor vehicle

3. coal mining

4. logging and sawmilling

5. power-driven wood-working machines*

6. exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiation

7. power-driven hoisting apparatus

8. power-driven metal-forming, punching, and shearing machines*

9. mining, other than coal mining

10. slaughtering, or meat packing, processing, or rendering (including power-driven meat slicing machines)*

11. power-driven bakery machines

12. power-driven paper-products machines*

13. manufacturing brick, tile, and related products

14. power-driven circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears*

15. wrecking, demolition, and ship-breaking operations

16. roofing operations*

17. excavation operations*