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Work activities teens are prohibited from doing in agricultural jobs
Experience has shown some jobs are potentially hazardous for young workers. Washington State and federal laws spell out which jobs are prohibited for minors working in agriculture.
The following is a general outline of prohibited duties for minors working in agricultural jobs. For a complete list, contact your local L&I office. You can also go to the text of the Washington Administrative Code, WAC 296-131-125 , for prohibited and hazardous employment duties.
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All minors under 18 are prohibited from doing the following work in agricultural jobs
- Handling, mixing, loading or applying dangerous pesticides.
- Transporting, transferring or applying anhydrous ammonia.
- Harvesting crops before the pre-harvest interval expires or within 14 days of applying chemicals, if no pre-harvest interval exists. (The pre-harvest interval is the amount of time that must pass between applying the last pesticide and harvesting the crop.)
- Work involving slaughtering and meat processing.
- Operating power saws, power-driven woodworking and metal-forming machines, and punching or shearing machines.
- Handling or using blasting agents, such as dynamite or blasting caps.
- Work involving wrecking, roofing, demolition and excavation.
Additional restrictions for minors under 16 working in agricultural jobs
- Operating a tractor of over 20 PTO horsepower, or connecting or disconnecting implements from such a tractor.
- Operating or riding on a tractor.
- Driving a bus, truck or automobile that carries passengers.
- Working from a ladder or scaffold at a height over 20 feet.
- Working in a farmyard, pen or stall occupied by a bull, boar or stud horse maintained for breeding purposes.
- Working inside a fruit or grain storage area designed to retain an oxygen-deficient or toxic atmosphere, or working in a manure pit.
- Operating or helping to operate machines such as corn pickers, hay balers and mowers and grain combines.
- Performing manufacturing, meatpacking or food-processing work.
- Working in transportation, warehouse and storage or construction.
- Working in or around engine or boiler rooms.
For more information see the L&I publication:
Young
Workers in Agriculture (565 KB PDF)
For more detail, see Washington Administrative Code:
Agriculture
Prohibited Duties (WAC 296-131-125)
