29 C.F.R. § 570.61 Occupations in the operation of power-driven meat-processing machines and occupations involving slaughtering, meat packing or processing, or rendering (Order 10).
Title 29 - Labor
(a) Findings and declaration of fact. The following occupations in or about slaughtering and meat packing establishments, rendering plants, or wholesale, retail or service establishments are particularly hazardous for the employment of minors between 16 and 18 years of age or detrimental to their health or well-being: (1) All occupations on the killing floor, in curing cellars, and in hide cellars, except the work of messengers, runners, handtruckers, and similar occupations which require entering such workrooms or workplaces infrequently and for short periods of time. (2) All occupations involved in the recovery of lard and oils, except packaging and shipping of such products and the operation of lard-roll machines. (3) All occupations involved in tankage or rendering of dead animals, animal offal, animal fats, scrap meats, blood, and bones into stock feeds, tallow, inedible greases, fertilizer ingredients, and similar products. (4) All occupations involved in the operation or feeding of the following power-driven machines, including setting-up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning such machines, regardless of the product being processed by these machines (including, for example, the slicing in a retail delicatessen of meat, poultry, seafood, bread, vegetables, or cheese, etc.): Meat patty forming machines, meat and bone cutting saws, meat slicers, knives (except bacon-slicing machines), headsplitters, and guillotine cutters; snoutpullers and jaw-pullers; skinning machines; horizontal rotary washing machines; casing-cleaning machines such as crushing, stripping, and finishing machines; grinding, mixing, chopping, and hashing machines; and presses (except belly-rolling machines). (5) All boning occupations. (6) All occupations that involve the pushing or dropping of any suspended carcass, half carcass, or quarter carcass. (7) All occupations involving handlifting or handcarrying any carcass or half carcass of beef, pork, or horse, or any quarter carcass of beef or horse. (b) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) The term slaughtering and meat packing establishments means places in or about which cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, goats, or horses are killed, butchered, or processed. The term also includes establishments which manufacture or process meat products or sausage casings from such animals. (2) The term rendering plants means establishments engaged in the conversion of dead animals, animal offal, animal fats, scrap meats, blood, and bones into stock feeds, tallow, inedible greases, fertilizer ingredients, and similar products. (3) The term killing floor includes a workroom, workplace where cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, goats, or horses are immobilized, shackled, or killed, and the carcasses are dressed prior to chilling. (4) The term curing cellar includes a workroom or workplace which is primarily devoted to the preservation and flavoring of meat by curing materials. It does not include a workroom or workplace solely where meats are smoked. (5) The term hide cellar includes a workroom or workplace where hides are graded, trimmed, salted, and otherwise cured. (6) The term boning occupations means the removal of bones from meat cuts. It does not include work that involves cutting, scraping, or trimming meat from cuts containing bones. (7) The term retail/wholesale or service establishments includes establishments where meat or meat products are processed or handled, such as butcher shops, grocery stores, restaurants/fast-food establishments, hotels, delicatessens, and meat-locker (freezer-locker) companies, and establishments where any food product is prepared or processed for serving to customers using machines prohibited by section (a) of this Order. (c) Exemptions. This section shall not apply to: (1) The killing and processing of poultry, rabbits, or small game in areas physically separated from the killing floor. (2) The employment of apprentices or student-learners under the conditions prescribed in §570.50(b) and (c). [56 FR 58631, Nov. 20, 1991]
Title 29: Labor
PART 570—CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION
Subpart E—Occupations Particularly Hazardous for the Employment of Minors Between 16 and 18 Years of Age or Detrimental to Their Health or Well-Being
§ 570.61 Occupations in the operation of power-driven meat-processing machines and occupations involving slaughtering, meat packing or processing, or rendering (Order 10).
