34 Pa. Code § 11.46 - Woodworking machinery
(a)
Employment of minors under 18 years of age on power-driven woodworking
machinery is prohibited except for apprentices, student learners and graduates
of an approved vocational, technical or industrial education curriculum which
prepared them for employment in the specific occupation.
Employment on power-driven woodworking machinery includes the following:
(1) The occupation of
operating power-driven woodworking machines, including supervising or
controlling the operation of such machines, feeding material into such machines
and helping the operator to feed material into such machines but not including
the placing of material on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide for automatic
feeding.
(2) The occupations of
setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling or cleaning power-driven woodworking
machines.
(3) The operations of
off-bearing from circular saws and from guillotine-action veneer
clippers.
(b) The term
"power-driven woodworking machines" shall mean all fixed or portable machines
or tools driven by power and used or designed for cutting, shaping, forming,
surfacing, nailing, stapling, wire stitching, fastening or otherwise
assembling, pressing or printing wood or veneer.
(c) The term "off-bearing" shall mean the
removal of material or refuse directly from a saw table or from the point of
operation. Operations not considered as off-bearing within the intent of this
section include the following:
(1) The removal
of material or refuse from a circular saw or guillotine-action veneer clipper
where the material or refuse has been conveyed away from the saw table or point
of operation by a gravity chute or by some mechanical means such as a moving
belt or expulsion roller.
(2) The
following operations when they do not involve the removal of material or refuse
directly from a saw table or from a point of operation:
(i) The carrying, moving or transporting of
materials from one machine to another or from one part of a plant to
another.
(ii) The piling, stacking
or arranging of materials for feeding into a machine by another
person.
(iii) The sorting, tying,
bundling or loading of materials.
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