Answer by thylawyer
So a girl with a brain can't figure out where to find this information?
Answer by wizjp
Prohibited Jobs (Hazardous Orders)
Persons under 14 may not work: There are a few exceptions to this such as working as news carriers, on farms, and in entertainment (with a special permit).
Persons under 16 years old may NOT:
Operate power-driven machinery (except office machines or machines in retail or food service not otherwise prohibited)
Cook (except on electric or gas grills that do not have open flames)
Operate fryolators, rotisseries, NEICO broilers, or pressure cookers
Operate, clean or repair power-driven food slicers, grinders or choppers
Perform any baking activities
Operate microwave ovens (except to heat food in microwave ovens with a maximum capacity of 140 degrees Fahrenheit)
Clean kitchen surfaces that are hotter than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Filter, transport, or dispose of cooking oil or grease hotter than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Work in freezers or meat coolers
Work in a manufacturing facility (e.g., a factory)
Work on ladders or scaffolds
Work in garages, except dispensing gas and oil
Work in brick or lumber yards
Work in amusement places (e.g., pool or billiard room, or bowling alley)
Work in barber shops
Work in construction, transportation, communications, or public utilities (except doing clerical work away from heavy machinery off the job-site)
Work in warehouses (except doing clerical work)
Load or unload trucks, railroad cars, or conveyors
Wash windows in public or commercial buildings if the window sill is more than 10 feet above the ground
Work doing laundry in a commercial laundry or dry cleaning establishment
Work as a public messenger
Work at processing operations (e.g., in meat, fish, or poultry processing or cracking nuts, bulk or mass mailing)
Work around boilers or in engine rooms
Do industrial homework
Work with dangerous electrical machinery or appliances
Answer by Mama J.
The laws state that (http://www.mass.gov/Elwd/docs/dos/youth_employment/youth_application.pdf)
Persons under 16 years old may NOT:
• Operate, clean or repair power-driven machinery (except office machines or machines in retail or food service not otherwise prohibited)
• Cook (except on electric or gas grills that do not have open flames)
• Operate fryolators, rotisseries, NEICO broilers, or pressure cookers
• Operate, clean or repair power-driven food slicers, grinders, choppers, processors, cutters and mixers
• Perform any baking activities
• Operate microwave ovens (except to heat food in microwave ovens with a maximum capacity of 140 degrees Fahrenheit)
• Clean kitchen surfaces that are hotter than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
• Filter, transport, or dispose of cooking oil or grease hotter than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
• Work in freezers or meat coolers
• Work in a manufacturing facility or occupation (e.g., in a factory, as an assembler)
• Work on ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes
• Work in garages, except dispensing gas and oil
• Work in brick or lumber yards
• Work in amusement places (e.g., pool or billiard room, or bowling alley)
• Work in barber shops
• Work in construction, transportation, communications, or public utilities (except doing clerical
work away from heavy machinery off the job-site)
• Work in warehouses (except doing clerical work)
• Load or unload trucks, railroad cars, or conveyors
▪ Ride in or on a motor vehicle (except in a passenger seat wearing a seatbelt)
• Wash windows in public or commercial buildings if the window sill is more than 10 feet above the ground
Sounds like your best bet would be a waiter/waitress type of job. The places you'd be most likely to find employment might be a seasonal ice cream or food stand. Have you checked with your school district? Some set children up with summer youth employment, but low income children usually have top priority.
