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 X Passage, Scaffolding, etc.
Section 2 Scaffolding
Sub-section 2 Prevention of Dangers in Assembling, etc., of Scaffolding
Article 564 (Assembling, etc., of Scaffolding)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work set forth in item (xv) of Article 6 of the Order, take the following measures:
- (i) To make timing, scope and procedure of assembling, dismantling or altering known to workers engaging in the said works;
- (ii) To prohibit workers other than those concerned from entering the areas where assembling, dismantling or altering works are to be carried out;
- (iii) To suspend works when dangers due to strong wind, heavy rain, heavy snow or other bad weather are forecast;
- (iv) When carrying out works of fastening, removing or handling over materials for scaffoldings, to provide scaffolding boards having a width of 20 cm or more, have workers use safety belts or take other measures in order to prevent the danger to workers due to falls.
- (v) When lifting or lowering materials, equipment, tools, etc., to have workers use lifting ropes, lifting bags, etc.
- (2) Workers shall, in the work set forth in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph, when having been instructed to use safety belts, etc., use them.
Article 565 (Appointment of an Operations Chief of Assembling, etc., of Scaffolding)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards the work set forth in item (xv) of Article 6 of the Order, appoint an operations chief of assembling, etc., of scaffolding from those who have completed the skill training course for operations chief of assembling, etc., of scaffolding.
Article 566 (Duties of an Operations Chief of Assembling, etc., of Scaffolding)
- (1) The employer shall have an operations chief of assembling, etc., of scaffolding carry out the following matters. However, the provisions of item (i) shall not apply to the work of dismantling:
- (i) To check defects in material, and remove defective ones;
- (ii) To check the function of an instrument, a tool, a safety belt, etc., and a safety helmet, and remove defective ones;
- (iii) To decide a work method and the arrangement of workers, and supervise the work directly.
- (iv) To monitor the use of a safety belt, etc., and a safety helmet.
Article 567 (Checkup)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out work on scaffoldings after strong wind, heavy rain, heavy snow or other bad weather, an earthquake of medium shock or heavier, assembling, partially dismantling or altering of scaffoldings, check up the following matters before commencing the said work, and when having found any abnormality, immediately repair:
- (i) Condition of damage, mounting and placing of floor materials.
- (ii) Condition of loosening at the fastening, connecting and mounting portions of standards, ledgers, brackets, etc.
- (iii) Condition of damage and corrosion of clamping materials and clamps.
- (iv) Existence of removal and coming off of handrails, etc.
- (v) Condition of settling and sliding of foot portions.
- (vi) Condition of mounting and existence of removal of diagonal bracings, stays, ties to wall and other reinforcement materials.
- (vii) Existence of damage of standards, ledgers and brackets.
- (viii) Condition of the mounting portion of projected girders and lifting cables, and the function of lifting devices.
Article 568 (Checkup of Hanging Scaffolding)
- (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work on a hanging scaffolding, check up matters listed in item (i) to (iv), item (vi) and (viii) before commencing the work of the day, and when having found any abnormality, immediately repair.
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