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-2 Material Handling Machine, etc.
Section 1 Vehicle Type Material Handling Machine, etc.
Subsection 5 Transporting Vehicle on Rough Terrain
Article 151-43 (Front and Rear Lamps)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards a transporting vehicle on rough terrain (excluding the one used for travelling), not use the one without front and rear lamps. However, this shall not apply to the place maintaining necessary illumination for carrying out the work safely.
Article 151-44 (Restrictions of Use)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards a transporting vehicle on rough terrain, not use it at the condition exceeding the maximum loading capability and other capacities.
Article 151-45 (Raising and Lowering Equipment)
- (1) The employer shall, when loading cargoes on a transporting vehicle on rough terrain having the maximum loading capacity of 5 tons or more (including the work roping and sheeting) and unloading cargoes from a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain having the maximum loading capacity of 5 tons or more (including the work unroping and unsheeting), provide the equipment for the worker engaging the said work to go up and down safely between the floor surface and the upper surface of the cargoes on the loading platform in order to prevent workers from dangers due to falling.
- (2) The worker engaging in the work set forth in the preceding paragraph shall, when going up and down between the floor surface and the upper surface of the cargoes on the loading platform, use the equipment for raising and lowering set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 151-46 (Prohibition of the Use of an Inadequate Fibre Rope)
- (1) The employer shall not use the fibre rope falling under any of the following each item for roping cargoes on a transporting vehicle on rough terrain:
- (i) Those with cut strand
- (ii) Those with marked damage or corrosion
Article 151-47 (Checkup on a Fibre Rope)
- (1) The employer shall, when using a fibre rope for roping cargoes on a transporting vehicle on rough terrain, check the said rope before starting the use for the day, and immediately replace it when having found any abnormalities:
Article 151-48 (Loading and Unloading)
- (1) The employer shall, when loading a cargo with the weight of 100 kg or more on a transporting vehicle on rough terrain (including the work roping and sheeting) or unloading the said cargo from a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain (including the work unroping and unsheeting), designate a person who direct the said work, and the said person carry out the following matters:
- (i) To decide a work procedure and the work method for each work procedure, and supervise the work directly.
- (ii) To check an instrument and a tool , and remove defective ones.
- (iii) Not to allow workers other than those concerned to enter the place where the said work is carried out.
- (iv) When carrying out the work unroping or unsheeting, to instruct the commencement of the said work after having confirmed that there is no dangers of falling cargoes from a loading platform.
- (v) To monitor the use of the equipment for raising and lowering set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 151-45 and a safety helmet.
Article 151-49 (Prohibition of Pulling Out Middle Cargo from the Pilings)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work unloading cargoes from a transporting vehicle on rough terrain, not allow the worker engaging in the said work to pull out middle cargo from the pilings.
- (2) The worker engaging in the work set forth in the preceding paragraph shall not pull out middle cargo from the pilings.
Article 151-50 (Restrictions of Riding on the Loading Platform)
- (1) The employer shall, when traveling a transporting vehicle on rough terrain without a tailgate on the loading platform, not allow a worker to ride on the said loading platform.
- (2) A worker shall, in the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, not ride on the loading platform set forth inthe same paragraph.
Article 151-51
- (1) The employer shall, in the case when travelling a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain with a tailgate on the loading platform, and when having a worker ride on the said loading platform, comply with the following provisions:
- (i) To take measures to provide a wedge, a stopper, etc., for the cargoes, which is liable to cause dangers to workers due to shifting in order to prevent workers from dangers due to the shifting of the cargoes.
- (ii) To have the worker riding on the loading platform carry out the following matters:
- (a) To close the tailgate securely.
- (b) Not to ride on the tailgate and other places where it is liable to cause fall of a worker due to shaking of the transporting vehicle on a rough terrain.
- (c) Not to ride on when the highest part of the body exceeding the height of roof of the operator’s seat (the highest part of the cargo when the highest part of the load on the loading platform exceeding the height of the roof of the operator’s seat).
- (2) The worker set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph shall carry out the matters listed in the same item.
Article 151-52 (Wearing of a Safety Helmet)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work loading cargoes on a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain having the maximum loading capacity of 5 tons or more (including the work roping and sheeting) or unloading cargoes from a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain having the maximum loading capacity of 5 tons or more (including the work unroping and unsheeting), have the worker engaging in the said work wear a safety helmet in order to prevent workers from dangers due to falling.
- (2) The worker engaging in the work set forth in the preceding paragraph shall wear the safety helmet set forth in the same paragraph.
Article 151-53 (Periodical Self-inspections)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, carry out self-inspections for the following matters periodically once every period not exceeding two years. However, this shall not apply to the non-use period of a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, which is not used for a period exceeding two years:
- (i) Abnormalities in compression pressure, valve clearance and other parts of a prime mover.
- (ii) Abnormalities in a clutch, a transmission, a final driver and other power transmission devices.
- (iii) Abnormalities in a drive wheel, an idling wheel, a vertical trunk roller, a belt, a tire, a wheel bearing and other traveling devices.
- (iv) Abnormalities in a rod, an arm and other controlling devices.
- (v) Abnormalities in braking capability, a brake drum, a brake shoe and other braking devices.
- (vi) Abnormalities in a loading platform, a tailgate and other cargo handling devices.
- (vii) Abnormalities in a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, a cylinder, a safety valve and other parts of a hydraulic system.
- (viii) Abnormalities in voltage, amperage and other parts of an electrical system.
- (ix) Abnormalities in a body, a warning device, a direction indicator, a lightning device and a meter.
- (2) The employer shall, as regards the transporting vehicle on a rough terrain set forth in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, carry out self-inspection for the matters listed in each item of the same paragraph before resuming the operation.
Article 151-54
- (1) The employer shall, as regards a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, carry out self-inspections for the following matters periodically once every period not exceeding one month. However, this shall not apply to the non-use period of a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, which is not used for a period exceeding one month:
- (i) Abnormalities in a braking device, a clutch and a controlling device.
- (ii) Abnormalities in a cargo handling device and a hydraulic system.
- (2) The employer shall, as regards the transporting vehicle on a rough terrain set forth in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, carry out self-inspection for the matters listed in each item of the same paragraph before resuming the operation.
Article 151-55 (Record of Periodical Self-inspections)
- (1) The employer shall, when having carried out the self-inspections set forth in the preceding two Articles, record the following matters and preserve the records for three years:
- (i) The date of the inspection
- (ii) The method of the inspection
- (iii) The parts of a machine inspected
- (iv) The results of the inspection
- (v) The name of the person who has carried out the inspection
- (vi) When measures such as repair have been taken based on the result of the inspection, their contents.
Article 151-56 (Specified Self-inspection)
- (1) The specified self-inspection pertaining to the transporting vehicle on a rough terrain shall be the self-inspection prescribed by Article 151-53.
- (2) The provision of paragraph (2) of Article 151-24 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the worker who is in possession of the qualifications prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (2) of Article 45 of the Act pertaining to a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain. In this case, the term “forklift” in item (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 151-24 shall be deemed to be replaced with “transporting vehicle on a rough terrain.”
- (3) The employer shall, as regards the transporting vehicle on a rough terrain (limited to the one subject to paragraph (1) of Article 48 of the Road Transportation Vehicle Act) used for the travelling, in the case when having checked pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, not be required to carry out the self-inspection set forth in Article 151-53 for the parts where the said checkup has been carried out.
- (4) As regards the application of the provision of the preceding Article in the case when having a registered inspection agency implement the specified self-inspection pertaining to a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, the term “the name of the person who has carried out the inspection” in item (v) of the same Article shall be deemed to be replaced with “the name of the registered inspection agency.”
- (5) The employer shall, when having carried out the specified self-inspection pertaining to a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, affix an inspection sticker stating the month and year when the said specified self-inspection was carried out at a readily visible location of the said vehicle.
Article 151-57 (Checkup)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work using a transporting vehicle on a rough terrain, check the following matters before commencing the work for the day:
- (i) Functions of a braking device and a controlling device.
- (ii) Functions of a cargo handling device and a hydraulic system.
- (iii) Abnormalities in a belt and a wheel.
- (iv) Functions of front and rear lamps, a direction indicator and a warning device.
Article 151-58 (Repair, etc.)
- (1) The employer shall, when having found any abnormalities in the case when having carried out the self-inspection set forth in Article 151-53 or 151-54, or the checkup set forth in the preceding Article, immediately repair or take other necessary measures.
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