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gvstn

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15. I worked at a grocery for years.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 11:27 AM

Aug 2013

Store owner Scott Millard said most of the violations involved “kids throwing cardboard into the baler that wasn't operating.”

I don't think throwing cardboard boxes into a baler is particularly dangerous. More akin to old fashioned recycling. I can see where it may be prohibited for someone under 18 to operate the baler but a 16 year old can certainly understand that he/she has to stay clear of the safety door while it lowers. But if it is the law, it suffices to refresh management on the rules.

Anyone under 18 cleaning a slicer is ridiculous. Every single deli worker I knew eventually got cut cleaning a slicer. It is extremely dangerous. It sounds like the under 18(s) were cleaning parts that had been dissembled and not cleaning the machine while it was running but still everyone knows no one under 18 can work in a deli--that is a true violation and should be fined heavily.

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Hy-Vee, Fareway stores in Nebraska, Iowa fined for violating child labor laws [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2013 OP

Not a word about this is our local news yet!! Peacetrain Aug 2013 #1

That's a shame - Hy-Vee seemed like a great company when I lived in IA sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #2

When I was in high school (about a billion years ago) Hy-Vee was the best place to work all american girl Aug 2013 #5

Sadly I've known kids who were in that position. Live in Omaha One I know real well was a foster matthews Aug 2013 #3

Thanks for Posting. Sherman A1 Aug 2013 #4

I wonder how much younger than 18 they are NV Whino Aug 2013 #6

Becasue that is the law, a line has to be drawn some place and that was age 18 happyslug Aug 2013 #10

I'm not advocating that 9 or 12-year-olds run this machinery. NV Whino Aug 2013 #12

To have so many violations, this implies a wide spread ignoring of the law happyslug Aug 2013 #14

The fine is a slap on the wrist. Posteritatis Aug 2013 #22

Used to be a pot washer at a school cafeteria and I can tell you that... B Stieg Aug 2013 #7

If you read the article, it states the kids weren't running the balers NV Whino Aug 2013 #13

So you're arguing that it's okay to have kids operate slicers because they're dangerous? B Stieg Aug 2013 #18

No. NV Whino Aug 2013 #19

I'm three chapters from a phd. in Rhetoric. B Stieg Aug 2013 #21

I lost my last 2 fingers on my right hand to a slicer. fasttense Aug 2013 #8

I worked at a grocery store beginning at age 16. We did some of those sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #9

I have a brother who works for Toys-R-Us and tries NOT to hire teenagers do to these restrictions happyslug Aug 2013 #11

I worked at a grocery for years. gvstn Aug 2013 #15

See, this would not happen if they had a Labor union. Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Aug 2013 #16

'where there's a little child, in every aisle' LOL nt markiv Aug 2013 #17

Rules and regulations? We don't need them! sakabatou Aug 2013 #20

Child labor laws place an undue burden on small businesses... KinMd Aug 2013 #23

Almost all these violations were for minors throwing boxes away jmowreader Aug 2013 #24

Unloading trucks is definitely not a completely safe job Fumesucker Aug 2013 #25

With palletized freight that's not as big a danger as it used to be jmowreader Aug 2013 #27

Letting someone under 18 around a meat slicer exboyfil Aug 2013 #26