Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-72.1: Occupations prohibited for children under sixteen

A. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed

or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:

1. Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including

occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or

work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise

processed;

2. Occupations which involve the operation or tending of

hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than

office machines;

3. The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on

such vehicles;

4. Public messenger service;

5. Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous to the

health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by

federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of

Labor; and

6. Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection

with:

a. transportation of persons or property by rail,

highway, air, water, pipeline or other means,

b. warehousing and storage,

c. communications and public utilities, and

d. construction including demolition and repair.

B. This section shall not apply to:

1. Children working either on farms or for parents or any

entity in which a parent owns an equity interest;

2. Children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to

consumers; or

3. Children engaged in voluntary service for a charitable

organization recognized exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of

1986, as amended, Section 501(c), if the organization receives

written permission from a parent or legal guardian of any such

child.