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Enforcement Order of the Industrial Safety and Health Act
Cabinet Order No. 318, August 19, 1972

Amendments:
Cabinet Order No. 331. Oct 20, 2006

Update : 2008.03.25

Article 22. (Harmful Work Operation Subject to Conduct Medical Examination)
  • (1) The harmful work operations defined by the Cabinet Order set forth in the former part of paragraph (2) of Article 66 of the Act shall be as follows:
    • (i) The operation pertaining to the one listed in item (i) of Article 6 and in item (ix) of Article 20;
    • (ii) The radiation work listed in Appended Table 2;
    • (iii) The works manufacturing or handling specified chemical substances listed in item (1) or (2) of Appended Table 3 (excluding the substances listed in 5. of the same item and the substances listed in 37. of the same item pertaining to 5. of the same item, and excluding works handling substances listed in 8. or 32. of the same item or the substances listed in 37. of the same item pertaining to 8. or 32. of the same item in the workplaces other than those manufacturing these substances), the work handling asbestos, etc., or the work manufacturing or using substances listed in the each item of paragraph (1) of Article 16 for experiment and research;
    • (iv) The lead work listed in Appended Table 4 (excluding the work carried out by remote-control in an isolated chamber);
    • (v) The tetraalkyl lead, etc. work listed in Appended Table 5 (excluding the work carried out by remote-control in an isolated chamber);
    • (vi) Among the works manufacturing or handling organic solvents listed in Appended Table 6-2 at indoor workshops, tanks, holds, inside of pits or other places prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, those works prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  • (2) The harmful work operations defined by the Cabinet Order set forth in the latter part of paragraph (2) of Article 66 of the Act shall be the work operations manufacturing or handling following substances (excluding the works handling the substances listed in item (xi) or (xxii) or the substances listed in item (xxiv) pertaining to item (xi) or (xxii) in the workplaces other than the workplaces manufacturing these substances, or the works handling the substances listed in item (xii) or (xvii) or the substances listed in item (xxiv) pertaining to item (xii) or (xvii) from ores in workplaces other than the workplaces manufacturing those substances)
    • (i) Benzidine and its salts
    • (i)-2 Asbestos
    • (i)-3 Bis (chloromethyl) ether
    • (ii) β-Naphthylamine and its salts
    • (iii) Dichlorobenzidine and its salts
    • (iv) α-Naphthylamine and its salts.
    • (v) O-Tolidine and its salts
    • (vi) Dianisidine and its salts
    • (vii) Beryllium and its compounds
    • (viii) Benzo-trichloride
    • (ix) Ethyleneimine.
    • (x) Vinyl chloride
    • (xi) Auramine
    • (xii) Chromic acid and its salts
    • (xiii) Chloromethylmethylether
    • (xiv) Coal tar
    • (xv) Arsenic trioxide
    • (xvi) 3.3'-Dichloro-4.4'-diaminodiphenyl-methane
    • (xvii) Dichromic acid and its salts
    • (xviii) Nickel carbonyl
    • (xix) p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene
    • (xx) β-Propiolactone
    • (xxi) Benzene
    • (xxii) Magenta
    • (xxiii) Preparations and other substances containing the substances listed in item (i) or item (i)-iii to (vii) exceeding 1% of the weight of the said preparations and other substances, and the substances listed in (i)-ii exceeding 0.1% of the weight of the said preparations and other substances, or the substances listed in item (viii) exceeding 0.5% of the weight of the said preparations and other substances (for alloys, limited to those containing beryllium exceeding 3% of their weight)
    • (xxiv) Among the preparations and other substances containing the substances listed in item (ix) to (xxii), those prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • (3) The harmful work operations defined by the Cabinet Order set forth in paragraph (3) of the Article 66 of the Act shall be those carried out at the places exhaling gases, vapors or dusts of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, sulfurous acid, hydrogen fluoride, yellow phosphorus and other substances, which are harmful to teeth or dental tissues.
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