ID:

121

Date:

2007-01-02

Headline:

Child labor regulators focus on construction industry

Reporter's name:

Nita Birmingham

Delay/denial:

No

Lawsuit:

No

Fees:

No

Media outlet:

The Post & Courier

City:

Charleston, SC

Summary:

The Post & Courier used FOIA to learn that a South Carolina company was fined $11,000 for violating child labor laws after a 16-year-old Guatemalan teenager working illegally on a construction site fell 20 feet to his death

Keywords:

child labor; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Wage and Hour Division

Agencies:

DOL

States:

SC

Categories:

labor