Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, agreed last month to pay $135,540 for violating the youth employment provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Department of Labor announced on Monday.

The department’s investigation revealed that Wal-Mart allowed 85 teenage workers to operate hazardous equipment at stores in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Arkansas, resulting in one teenager being injured while operating a chain saw.

The FLSA prohibits the employment of minors under age 18 in any occupation determined hazardous by the Department of Labor. The department has issued 17 specific hazardous occupation orders identifying these prohibited occupations.

Under the terms of the agreement, Wal-Mart admitted to no wrongdoing, guaranteed full compliance with the youth employment provisions of the FLSA in the future and will receive 15 days’ notice “of any audit or investigation at the stores covered by this agreement.”

The Labor Department has been criticized for going soft on Wal-Mart, specifically for agreeing to give the world’s largest employer a 15 days’ heads-up before department investigators drop-in on them.

(via U.S. Department of Labor)