Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 32 of September 30, 1972
Latest Amendments:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance No. 47 of March 30, 2007
In Japanese
掲載日：2008.03.28
Part II Safety Standards
Chapter I Prevention of Dangers Due to a Machine
Section 9 Industrial Robot
Article 150-3 (Teaching, etc.)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work teaching, etc., as regards industrial robots within its movement range, take the following measures in order to prevent the dangers due to an unexpected activation or an operational error of the said industrial robots. However, this shall not apply to the measures set forth in the following item (i) and (ii) when the work carrying out with the power source of the industrial robot turned off.
- (i) To establish rules for the following matters and have a worker carry out the work by the rules:
- (a) The method and the procedure for the operation of the industrial robot.
- (b) The speed of the manipulator in operation.
- (c) The method of signals in the case when having more than one worker carries out the work.
- (d) The measures for emergency.
- (e) The measures for resuming the operation of the industrial robot after its emergency stop.
- (f) The other necessary measures for preventing dangers due to an unexpected activation or an erroneous operation of the industrial robot.
- (ii) To take measures in order to enable a worker who engages in the work and a person who oversees the said worker to immediately stop the operation of the industrial robot at emergency.
- (iii) To take measures of posting a sign on a start switch, etc, of the industrial robot to indicate the industrial robot is in operation while carrying out the operation in order to prevent the persons other than the worker who engages in the operation from operating the said start switch, etc.
- (i) To establish rules for the following matters and have a worker carry out the work by the rules:
Article 150-4 (Prevention of Dangers During Operation)
- (1) The employer shall, in the case where an industrial robot is operated (excluding when operating the industrial robot for teaching, etc., and where the work prescribed by the next Article has to be carried out during operation), and when it is liable to cause dangers to workers due to contact with the said industrial robot, take necessary measures of providing a railing, an enclosure, etc., for preventing the said dangers.
Article 150-5 (Inspection, etc.)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work inspecting, repairing, adjusting (excluding those for teaching, etc.), cleaning or lubrication, or confirmation of these results for an industrial robot within its movement range, take measures of stopping the operation of the industrial robot, locking the start switch while carrying out the said work, posting a sign on a start switch of the said industrial robot to indicate the work is in progress in order to prevent the persons other than the worker who engages in the operation from operating the said start switch. However, this shall not apply to the case where the work has to be carried out during operation of the industrial robot, and when taking the following measures for preventing dangers due to an unexpected activation or an operational error of the industrial robot.
- (i) To establish rules as to the following matters and to have workers carry out work by the said rules:
- (a) Method and procedure for the operation of the industrial robot.
- (b) Method for exchanging signals among the workers where the work has to be carried out by more than one worker.
- (c) Measures in an emergency.
- (d) Measures for resuming the operation of the robot after the emergency stop.
- (e) Other measures necessary for preventing dangers occurring due to unexpected activation or erroneous operation of the robot.
- (ii) To take measures for enabling workers who engage in the work or a person who oversees the said workers to immediately stop the operation of the industrial robot in an emergency.
- (iii) To take measures for preventing a person other than the workers who engage in work from touching the selector switch for changing the operating conditions of the robot during work such as posting a sign to indicate that the work are currently in progress to the said selector switch, etc.
- (i) To establish rules as to the following matters and to have workers carry out work by the said rules:
Article 151 (Checkup)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work teaching, etc., (excluding the one carrying out with power source for the industrial robot is turned off) of the industrial robot within its movement range, check the following matters before commencing the work for the day, and immediately repair or take other necessary measures when having found any abnormalities:
- (i) Damages to the insulation or sheath of an external cable.
- (ii) Abnormalities in a manipulator.
- (iii) Functions of a braking device and an emergency stop device
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