Section 3. The provisions of this Act hereinafter following shall apply

automatically and without election to the State, county, city, town, township,

incorporated village or school district, body politic or municipal corporation,

and to all employers and all their employees, engaged in any department of

the following enterprises or businesses which are declared to be extra

hazardous, namely:

1. The erection, maintaining, removing, remodeling, altering or demolishing

of any structure.

2. Construction, excavating or electrical work.

3. Carriage by land, water or aerial service and loading or unloading in

connection therewith, including the distribution of any commodity by

horsedrawn or motor vehicle where the employer employs more than 2

employees in the enterprise or business.

4. The operation of any warehouse or general or terminal storehouses.

5. Mining, surface mining or quarrying.

6. Any enterprise in which explosive materials are manufactured, handled or

used in dangerous quantities.

7. In any business or enterprise, wherein molten metal, or explosive or

injurious gases, dusts or vapors, or inflammable vapors, dusts or fluids,

corrosive acids, or atomic radiation are manufactured, used, generated,

stored or conveyed.

8. Any enterprise in which sharp edged cutting tools, grinders or

implements are used, including all enterprises which buy, sell or handle

junk and salvage, demolish or reconstruct machinery.

9. In any enterprise in which statutory or municipal ordinance regulations

are now or shall hereafter be imposed for the regulating, guarding, use or

the placing of machinery or appliances or for the protection and

safeguarding of the employees or the public therein; each of which

occupations, enterprises or businesses are hereby declared to be extra

hazardous.

10. Any enterprise, business or work in connection with the laying out or

improvement of subdivisions of tracts of land.

11. Any enterprise for the treatment of cross-ties, switch-ties, telegraph poles,

timber or other wood with creosote or other preservatives.

12. Establishments open to the general public wherein alcoholic beverages

are sold to the general public for consumption on the premises.

13. The operation of any public beauty shop wherein chemicals, solutions, or

heated instruments or objects are used or applied by any employee in the

dressing, treatment or waving of human hair.

14. Any business or enterprise serving food to the public for consumption on

the premises wherein any employee as a substantial part of the

employee’s work uses handcutting instruments or slicing machines or

other devices for the cutting of meat or other food or wherein any

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employee is in the hazard of being scalded or burned by hot grease, hot

water, hot foods, or other hot fluids, substances or objects.

15. Any business or enterprise in which electric, gasoline or other power

driven equipment is used in the operation thereof.

16. Any business or enterprise in which goods, wares or merchandise are

produced, manufactured or fabricated.

17. (a) Any business or enterprise in which goods, wares or merchandise are

sold or in which services are rendered to the public at large, provided

that this paragraph shall not apply to such business or enterprise

unless the annual payroll during the year next preceding the date of

injury shall be in excess of $1,000.

(b) The corporate officers of any domestic or foreign corporation

employed by the corporation may elect to withdraw themselves as

individuals from the operation of this Act. Upon an election by the

corporate officers to withdraw, written notice shall be provided to the

insurance carrier of such election to withdraw, which election shall

be effective upon receipt by the insurance carrier of such written

notice. A corporate officer who thereafter elects to resume coverage

under the Act as an individual shall provide written notice of such

election to the insurance carrier which election shall be effective

upon receipt by the insurance carrier of such written notice. For the

purpose of this paragraph, a “corporate officer” is defined as a bona

fide President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer of a

corporation who voluntarily elects to withdraw.

18. On and after July 1, 1980, but not before, any household or residence

wherein domestic workers are employed for a total of 40 or more hours

per week for a period of 13 or more weeks during a calendar year.

19. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to apply to any

agricultural enterprise, including aquiculture, employing less than 400

working days of agricultural or aquacultural labor per quarter during the

preceding calendar year, exclusive of working hours of the employer’s

spouse and other members of his or her immediate family residing with

him or her.

20. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to apply to any sole

proprietor or partner or member of a limited liability company who elects

not to provide and pay compensation for accidental injuries sustained by

himself, arising out of and in the course of the employment according to

the provisions of this Act.