# Order 6 - Exposure to radioactive substances — Federal Hazardous Occupations Orders for Minors (29 CFR Part 570)

For Order 6 - Exposure to radioactive substances, jurisdiction is Federal; rule is Prohibited under 18 - declared particularly hazardous for minors between 16 and 18 years of age; cfr section is 570.57; regulatory text is The following occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations are particularly hazardous and detrimental to health for minors between 16 and 18 years of age:, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **occupation order:** Order 6 - Exposure to radioactive substances _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **jurisdiction:** Federal _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **rule:** Prohibited under 18 - declared particularly hazardous for minors between 16 and 18 years of age _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **cfr section:** 570.57 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **regulatory text:** The following occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations are particularly hazardous and detrimental to health for minors between 16 and 18 years of age: _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 570.57 Exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations (Order 6). (a) Finding and declaration of fact. The following occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations are particularly hazardous and detrimental to health for minors between 16 and 18 years of age: (1) Any work in any workroom in which (i) radium is stored or used in the manufacture of self-luminous compound, (ii) self-luminous compound is made, processed, or packaged, (iii) self-luminous compound is stored, used, or worked upon, (iv) incandescent mantles are made from fabric and solutions containing thorium salts, or are processed or packaged, (v) other radioactive substances are present in the air in average concentrations exceeding 10 percent of the maximum permissible concentrations in the air recommended for occupational exposure by the National Committee on Radiation Protection, as set forth in the 40-hour week column of table one of the National Bureau of Standards Handbook No. 69 entitled “Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for Occupational Exposure,” issued June 5, 1959. (2) Any other work which involves exposure to ionizing radiations in excess of 0.5 rem per year.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-570.57

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2027-08-28.
Part of [Federal Hazardous Occupations Orders for Minors (29 CFR Part 570)](https://referencesource.org/federal-child-labor-hazardous-occupations/).