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 VII Prevention of Dangers in Cargo Handling Operations, etc.
Section 2 Stevedoring Work
Subsection 1 Facilities, etc., for Passage
Article 449 (Facilities for Passage to the Hold)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the cargo handling work in a hold having a depth exceeding 1.5 m from the exposed deck, provide facilities that enable the worker engaging in the said work to pass safely between the said deck and the said hold. However, this shall not apply to where facilities for safe passage have been already provided in the ship.
- (2) The worker engaging in the work set forth in the preceding paragraph shall use the facilities for passage set forth in the same paragraph when passing between the exposed deck and the hold.
Article 450 (Appointment of an Operations Chief of Stevedores)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards the work set forth in item (xiii) of Article 6 of the Order, appoint an operations chief of stevedores from the persons who have completed the skill training course for operations chief of stevedores.
Article 451 (Duties of an Operations Chief of Stevedores)
- (1) The employer shall have an operations chief of stevedores carry out the following matters:
- (i) To decide a work method and supervise the work directly.
- (ii) To check and maintain the facilities for passage, a cargo handling machine, personal protective equipment, an instrument and a tool, and monitor the use of the said facilities, etc.
- (iii) To communicate and coordinate with workers at surrounding work sites.
Article 452 (Prohibition of Passage)
- (1) The employer shall, in the case where carrying out raising or lowering operations using a cargo lifting appliance, cranes, mobile cranes, or derricks (hereinafter referred to as “cargo lifting appliance, etc.” in this Section) and when it is liable that cargoes may fall or hit on workers who pass using the facilities for passage set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 449, not allow workers to pass through the said facilities.
Article 453 (Prohibition of Entry)
- (1) The employer shall not allow a worker to enter the following places:
- (i) Places located downward of the place where the work opening or shutting a hatch board or mounting or removing a hatch beam is carried out, and where is liable to cause dangers to workers due to a fallen hatch board or hatch beam.
- (ii) Places where the work raising or lowering the boom of cargo lifting appliance is carried out, and where is liable to cause dangers to workers due to a fallen boom.
Article 454 (Maintenance of Illumination)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work stevedoring (meaning the work loading cargoes to a vessel, unloading cargoes from a vessel or moving cargoes in a vessel; the same shall apply hereinafter), maintain necessary illumination for carrying out the said work safely.
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