1. A. Definitions

   1. Off-Bearing―removal of material or refuse directly from a saw table or from the point of operation.
   2. Power-Driven Woodworking Machines―all fixed or portable machines or tools driven by mechanical or electrical power, and are used or designed for cutting, shaping, forming, nailing, stapling, wire-stitching, fastening, or otherwise assembling, pressing, or printing wood veneer, or other products.

2. B. Prohibited Occupations. The following occupations involved in operation of power-driven woodworking machines are prohibited:

   1. 1. supervising or controlling operation of any woodworking machines;
   2. 2. feeding materials into any woodworking machine;
   3. 3. helping to feed materials into any woodworking machine;
   4. 4. setting up and adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning power-driven woodworking machines;
   5. 5. any off-bearing occupations such as removing materials from circular saws and guillotine-action veneer clippers.

3. C. Operations not considered to be off-bearing are:

   1. 1. removal of material or refuse from a circular saw or guillotine-action veneer clipper when such 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 device;
   2. 2. carrying, moving, or transporting materials from one machine to another, or from one part of the plant to another;
   3. 3. piling, stacking or arranging materials to be fed into a machine by another person; and
   4. 4. sorting, tying, bundling or loading materials into conveyances.
4. D. Exemptions. Registered apprentices and registered student-learners are exempt from prohibitions which apply to power-driven woodworking machine occupations.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:161.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 7:47 (February 1981), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 17:357 (April 1991), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of Regulatory Services, LR 30:2063 (September 2004).