(a) No child under sixteen (16) years shall be
employed or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:
(1) Adjusting any belt to any machinery;
(2) Sewing or lacing machine belts in any
workshop or factory;
(3) Oiling, wiping, or cleaning machinery or
assisting therein;
(4) Operating or assisting in operating any of
the following machines:
(A) Circular or band saws;
(B) Wood shapers;
(C) Wood jointers;
(D) Planers;
(E) Sandpaper or wood polishing
machinery;
(F) Wood turning or boring machinery;
(G) Picker machines or machines used in
picking wool;
(H) Carding machines;
(I) Job or cylinder printing presses
operated by power other than foot power;
(J) Boring or drill presses;
(K) Stamping machines used in metal or in
paper or leather manufacturing;
(L) Metal or paper cutting machines;
(M) Corner staying machines in paper box
factories;
(N) Steam boilers;
(O) Dough brakes or cracker machinery of
any description;
(P) Wire or iron straightening or drawing
machinery;
(Q) Rolling mill machinery;
(R) Washing, grinding, or mixing machinery;
or
(S) Laundering machinery;
(5) In proximity to any hazardous or unguarded
belt, machinery, or gearing; or
(6) Upon any railroad, whether steam,
electric, or hydraulic.
(b)(1) The Director of the Department of Labor
may, from time to time after a hearing duly had, determine what other
occupations are sufficiently dangerous to the life or limb or injurious to
the health or morals of children under sixteen (16) years to justify their
exclusion therefrom. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall
be employed or permitted to work in any occupation thus determined to be
dangerous or injurious.
(2) There shall be right of appeal from any
such determination pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act,
§ 25-15-201 et seq.
History. Init. Meas. 1914, No. 1, § 3 (1st and 2nd par.), Acts 1915, p. 1505;
C. & M. Dig., §§ 7087, 7088;
Pope's Dig., §§ 9069, 9070; A.S.A.
1947, §§ 81-703, 81-704; Acts 1991,
No. 565, §
1.