
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 19, 1990                   TAG: 9006190158
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CHILD EMPLOYERS CAUGHT IN SWEEP FACING FINES

Businesses caught illegally employing 3,800 youngsters during a one-day federal sweep this month face more than $1 million in fines, the Labor Department said Monday.

The sweep found 490 minors, mostly 16- and 17-year-olds, who were working at dangerous tasks such as using power-driven meat slicers or paper-baling machines.

The June 6 sweep, in which investigators visited 2,033 businesses, uncovered violations in 753 establishments.

- Associated Press

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