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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

Update : 2008.03.28

Part I General Rules

Chapter IX Inspection, etc.

Article 84-2 (Makeshift Buildings, etc., Not Requiring Notification of Plan)
  • (1) Makeshift buildings or machine, etc., prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act shall be the buildings or machine, etc., removed within a period of less than six months (those within a period of less than 60 days from assembling to dismantling for temporary passages, suspended scaffolds or overhang scaffolds having a height and length of 10 m or more respectively, or scaffolds having a height of 10 m or more) and falling under below.
    • (i) Buildings in which machines equipped with motors having a total rated power output of less than 2.2 kW are to be installed.
    • (ii) Machines equipped with motors having a rated power output of less than 1.5 kW (excluding special machines, etc., set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 37 of the Act; the same shall apply in the following item and item (i) of Article 89).
    • (iii) Buildings or machines, etc., that are not used for the services listed in Appended Table 6-2.
Article 85 (Notification, etc., of Plan)
  • (1) A person who intends to make the notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act shall submit the notification document by Form No.20 to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office together with the following documents:
    • (i) Drawing(s) describing the situations of the surroundings and the relationship between the workplace and the circumference.
    • (ii) Drawing(s) showing the arrangement of buildings and major machines within the premises.
    • (iii) Documents indicating the outlines of the method of operation such as handling of raw materials or products, manufacturing, etc.
    • (iv) Floor plans and sectional plans of respective floors of each building (limited to the one where the work set forth in the preceding item is carried out) and documents or drawings describing the arrangement and outlines of major machines on the respective floors.
    • (v) Documents or drawings showing the outlines of the methods or devices designed to prevent industrial accidents in the building set froth in the preceding item or in other workshops.
  • (2) When a part of a building or machine, etc., is to be installed, moved or altered, the notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph shall be regarded as sufficient if the notification of the said part is submitted.
Article 86
  • (1) When the employer who intends to install or move the machines, etc., listed in the right column of Appended Table 7 or to alter a major part thereof is to submit the notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act, the said employer shall submit the said notification by Form No.20 to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office together with documents indicating matters listed in the middle column of the same Table and drawings listed in the right column of the same Table, corresponding to the kind of machines, etc.
  • (2) In the case of submitting a notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph, the provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall be applied as follows:
    • (i) In the case of submitting a notification regarding machines listed in the left column of Appended Table 7 in conjunction with buildings or other machines, etc., pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act, it is not required to include the overlapped portions with the descriptions in the notification, documents or drawings prescribed by the preceding paragraph in the descriptions in the notification and documents prescribed by paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
    • (ii) In the case of submitting a notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act only for machines, etc., listed in the left column of Appended Table 7, the provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall not apply.
  • (3) A notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act shall not be required as regards the installation of machines, etc., listed in the left column of item (16) to (20) of Appended Table 7 (hereinafter referred to as “specified chemical facilities, etc.”) by the person who made an application pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 49 of the Ordinance on Prevention of Dangers Due to Specified Chemical Substances (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour No.39 of 1972; hereinafter referred to as the “Specified Chemical Ordinance”).
Article 87 (Measures Prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Set Forth in the Proviso of Paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act)
  • (1) Measures prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in the proviso (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of Article 88) of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act shall be the following measures:
    • (i) Investigation of the danger or harm, etc., set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 28-2 of the Act, and measures to be taken based on the results of the said investigation.
    • (ii) In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, voluntary activities to be implemented by the employer in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Article 24-2.
Article 87-2 (Unit of Accreditation)
  • (1) The accreditation pursuant to the provision of the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article) (hereinafter referred to as “accreditation” in the next Articles up to Article 87-10) shall be implemented for each workplace by the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.
Article 87-3 (Disqualification)
  • (1) A person who falls under any of the following conditions may not obtain the accreditation:
    • (i) A person who, having violated the provisions of the Act or orders thereunder (limited to those pertaining to the workplace for which accreditation is sought), was sentenced to a penalty heavier than a fine and for whom two years have not elapsed since the date when the execution of the sentence was completed or the date when the said person ceased be amenable to the execution of the sentence.
    • (ii) As regards the workplace for which accreditation is sought, a person whose accreditation was revoked pursuant to the provision of Article 87-9 and for whom two years have not elapsed since the date of revocation.
    • (iii) In the case of a corporation, one of its executive officers falls under either of the preceding two items.
Article 87-4 (Accreditation Standards)
  • (1) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office shall implement the accreditation when the workplace intending to obtain accreditation conforms to all of the following requirements:
    • (i) To properly carry out the measures prescribed in Article 87;
    • (ii) To be recognized that the occurrence rate of industrial accidents is deemed to be lower than the average of the industry to which the relevant workplace belongs.
    • (iii) Fatal accidents or other serious industrial accidents have not occurred during the year preceding the application date.
Article 87-5 (Application for Accreditation)
  • (1) The employer who intends to apply for accreditation shall submit an application document for accreditation for exemption from plan notification (Form No.20-2) for each workplace together with the following documents to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office:
    • (i) A document explaining that the employer does not fall under any of the conditions listed in each item of Article 87-3.
    • (ii) A document certifying the appropriate implementation of measures set forth in Article 87 as evaluated by two or more persons well versed in safety or health within three months before the application date, and a document indicating outline of said evaluation.
    • (iii) A document certifying that the evaluation set forth in the preceding item is audited by one or more persons well versed in safety and one or more persons well versed in health.
    • (iv) A document certifying that the workplace meets the requirements listed in item (ii) and (iii) of the preceding Article (a statement about the relevant fact in the case thatthe said document is not available).
  • (2) A person who is well versed in safety set forth in item (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph refers to the one who falls under any of the following each item and who does not have interests in providing accreditation:
    • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged as an industrial safety consultant for three years or longer, and has conducted three or more evaluations on the implementation of voluntary activities to be conducted by the employer by the guidelines set forth in Article 24-2.
    • (ii) A person who is deemed to have ability equivalent to or greater than that of the person listed in the preceding item.
  • (3) A person who is well versed in health set forth in item (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph refers to the one who falls under any of the following each item and who does not have interests in providing accreditation:
    • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged as an occupational health consultant for three years or longer, and who has conducted three or more evaluations on the implementation of voluntary activities to be conducted by the employer by the guidelines set forth in Article 24-2.
    • (ii) A person who is deemed to have ability equivalent to or greater than that of the person listed in the preceding item.
  • (4) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, when having accredited, issue a certificate by Form No.20-3.
Article 87-6 (Renewal of Accreditation)
  • (1) Accreditation shall be renewed every three years and, if not renewed, shall cease to be effective after a lapse of the said period.
  • (2) The provisions of Article 87-3, Article 87-4 and paragraph (1) to (3) of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of accreditation pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
Article 87-7 (Report on Implementation Status)
  • (1) The employer who obtained the accreditation shall submit the report on the implementation status (Form No.20-4) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office together with a document indicating the results of an audit conducted to examine the implementation status of measures set forth in Article 87 for each workplace pertaining to the accreditation (hereinafter referred to as the “accredited workplace” in the next Article) once every period within a year.
Article 87-8 (Cessation of Measures)
  • (1) The employer who obtained accreditation shall, when discontinued the measures set forth in Article 87 in the accredited workplace, submit a notification of such effect to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office without delay.
Article 87-9 (Revocation of Accreditation)
  • (1) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office may revoke accreditation when the employer who obtained accreditation falls under any of the following each item:
    • (i) When item (i) or (iii) of Article 87-3 becomes applicable to the employer.
    • (ii) When the employer is deemed not to conform to item (i) or (ii) of Article 87-4.
    • (iii) When an industrial accident listed in item (iii) of Article 87-4 has occurred.
    • (iv) When the employer failed to submit the report and document specified in Article 87-7 in violation of the provision of the said Article or submitted the one containing a false statement.
    • (v) When the employer obtained or renewed accreditation by fraudulent means.
Article 87-10 (Special Exemption for the Construction Industry)
  • (1) Notwithstanding the provision of Article 87-2, as regards the employer who engages in work that is part of the construction industry, accreditation shall be implemented for each workplace where the contract for the relevant work is concluded.
  • (2) As regards the application of provisions listed in the left column of the following table concerning the accreditation listed in the preceding paragraph, the terms listed in the middle column of the table shall be deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in the right column.
    Item (i) of Article 87-3 Workplace Workplace where the contract pertaining to the work of undertaking of the construction industry is concluded and workplace where the work pertaining to the contract concluded in the said workplace is conducted (hereinafter referred to as the “site, etc.”)
    Article 87-4 Workplace Site, etc.
    The industry to which the relevant workplace belongs. Construction industry
    Article 87-7 Workplace pertaining to accreditation (hereinafter referred to as the “accredited workplace” in the next Article) Site, etc. pertaining to accreditation
    Article 87-8 Accredited workplace Site, etc. pertaining to accreditation
Article 88 (Machines, etc., Subject to the Notification of Plan)
  • (1) Machine, etc., prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (2) of Article 88 of the Act shall be machine, etc., listed in the left column of Appended Table 7 (limited to the radiation apparatus for machine, etc., listed in the left column of item (21) of the same Table), in addition to what is prescribed by the other Ordinances pursuant to the Act.
  • (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of Article 86 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of submitting the notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act, which is to apply mutatis mutandisin paragraph (2) of the same Article as regards the machine, etc., listed in the left column of Appended Table 7.
  • (3) A report pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (2) of the same Article shall not be required as regards the installation of specified chemical facilities, etc., by a person who has made the application pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 49 of the Specified Chemical Ordinance.
Article 89
  • (1) Makeshift machines, etc., prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (2) of the same Article shall be as follows:
    • (i) Machine, etc., other than a skyline logging cable cranes, logging cableways (meaning those consisting of cables, carriers, supporting poles and other items thereto and designed to carry logs or fuelwood for a certain distance in the air, the same shall apply hereinafter), makeshift passages and scaffoldings (excluding concrete form shoring set forth in item (xiv) of Article 6 of the Order; hereinafter referred to as “concrete form shoring”) that are to be removed within six months;
    • (ii) Skyline logging cable cranes, logging cableways, makeshift passages, or scaffoldings, which are to be disassembled within 60 days after the commencement of assembling.
Article 89-2 (Scope of Work)
  • (1) The work prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (3) of Article 88 of the Act shall be as follows:
    • (i) The construction work of a tower with a height of 300 m or more;
    • (ii) The construction work of a dam with a vertical height (meaning the height between the foundation and the top) of 150 m or more;
    • (iii) The construction work of a bridge with a maximum span of 500 m or more (1,000 m or more for a suspension bridge);
    • (iv) The construction work of tunnels, etc., with a length of 3,000 m or more;
    • (v) The construction work of tunnels, etc., with a length of 1,000 m or more but less than 3,000 m where the depth of vertical shaft is 50 m or more (limited to those used for passages);
    • (vi) The work involving operations using the compressed air method under a gauge pressure of 0.3 MPa or more.
Article 90
  • (1) The work prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (4) of Article 88 of the Act shall be as follows:
    • (i) The work related to the construction, modification, dismantling or demolition (hereinafter referred to as the “construction, etc.”) of a building or a structure exceeding 31 m in height (excluding bridges);
    • (ii) The work related to the construction, etc., of bridges with a maximum span of 50 m or more;
    • (ii)-2 The work related to the construction, etc., of bridge superstructures with a maximum span of 30 m or more and less than 50 m (limited to the work carried out in places set forth in the provisions of Article 18-2);
    • (iii) The work related to the construction, etc., of tunnels (excluding tunnels into which workers do not enter);
    • (iv) The work related to excavation of natural ground with excavation height or depth of 10 m or more (excluding excavation of tunnels and for mining; the same shall apply hereinafter) and excluding work utilizing excavating machines but not requiring workers to enter under the excavation surface;
    • (v) The work involving operations using compressed air methods;
    • (v)-2 The work involving the removal of asbestos, etc. (meaning the asbestos, etc., prescribed by Article 2 of the Asbestos Ordinance; the same shall apply hereinafter) from the part on which asbestos are sprayed in fire-resistant buildings prescribed by item (ix)-2 of Article 2 of the Building Standards Act (Act No.201 of 1950) (hereinafter referred to as “fire-resistant buildings” in Article 293) or semi-fire-resistant buildings prescribed by item (ix)-3 of Article 2 of the same Act (hereinafter referred to as “semi-fire-resistant buildings” in Article 293);
    • (v)-3 The work involving the dismantling, etc., of facilities such as waste incinerators or dust collectors, etc., installed in the waste incineration facilities having the waste incinerator listed in item (5) of Appended Table 1 of the Enforcement Order of the Act on Special Measures for Prevention of Dioxin, etc. (limited to the waste incinerator for which the grate area is 2 m2 or more and incineration capability is 200 kg/h or more.);
    • (vi) The work related to excavation for quarrying with excavation height or depth of 10 m or more;
    • (vii) The work related to excavation for quarrying using the underground excavation method.
Article 91 (Notification of Plan Pertaining to Construction Industry)
  • (1) A person who intends to notify the work related to the construction industry pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of Article 88 of the Act shall submit the notification document by Form No.21 to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare together with the following, documents and a compressed air work statement (Form No.21-2) in case of work pertaining to the work carried out by compressed air construction method. However, in the case where a compressed air work statement is submitted, the duplication of items covered by the compressed air work statement in the following documents shall not be required:
    • (i) Drawing(s) showing the condition of the surroundings and relationship between all the adjoining environments of the place to be carried out the work.
    • (ii) Drawing(s) describing the outline of buildings, etc., which the person intends to construct.
    • (iii) Drawing(s) showing the arrangement of machines, facilities, buildings, etc., used for the construction work.
    • (iv) Documents or drawings showing the outlines of the construction method.
    • (v) Documents or drawings showing the outlines of methods and devices designed to prevent industrial accidents.
    • (vi) Construction schedule charts.
  • (2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the notification pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of Article 88 of the Act. In this case the term “Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare” shall be deemed to be replaced with “Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.”
Article 92 (Notification of Plan Pertaining to Quarrying Industry)
  • (1) A person who intends to notify the work related to the quarrying industry pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of Article 88 of the Act shall submit the notification document by Form No.21 to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office together with the following documents:
    • (i) Drawings(s) describing the conditions of the surroundings of and relationship between the adjoining environments of the place to be carried out the work.
    • (ii) Drawing(s) showing the arrangement of machines, facilities, buildings, etc.
    • (iii) Documents or drawings showing the method of quarrying.
    • (iv) Documents or drawings showing the methods and outlines of devices designed to prevent industrial accidents.
Article 92-2 (Scope of Work Pertaining to the Participation of Persons Who are in Possession of the Qualifications)
  • (1) The work prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (5) of Article 88 of the Act shall be the work installing, or removing the machine, etc. listed in item (10) and (12) of the left column of Appended Table 7 or altering of their main components.
  • (2) The work prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (5) of Article 88 of the Act shall be the work listed in item (i) to (v) of Article 90 (limited to construction work, for work listed in item (i) to (iii) of the same Article).
Article 92-3 (Qualifications for Persons Participating in the Formulation of Plans)
  • (1) A person who is in possession of the qualifications prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (5) of Article 88 of the Act shall be persons listed in the right column of Appended Table 9 corresponding to the classification of the work listed in the left column of the same Table.
Article 93 (Investigation from Technical Aspects)
  • (1) The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall, when asking opinions of persons of learning and experience, pursuant to h the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 89 of the Act, designate members of an investigation committee, corresponding to the contents of the investigation, from persons who are enrolled in the list of the names of candidates for an investigation committee set forth in the next Article.
Article 94 (List of the Names of Candidates for an Investigation Committee)
  • (1) The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall commission persons who have highly expert knowledge on safety and health, to be a candidate for investigation committees and make a list of the names of candidates for investigation committees and also make public the said list.
Article 94-2 (Scope of Plans)
  • (1) Plans prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 89-2 of the Act shall be plans of the following works:
    • (i) The work constructing buildings of 100 m or more in height falling under any of followings:
      • (a) The work is carried out in the vicinity where the underground installations or other underground structures (hereinafter referred to as “underground installation, etc.” in Section 1 of Chapter VI of Part II and Article 634-2) ;.
      • (b) Such a peculiar work that the shape of buildings are cylindrical, etc.
    • (ii) The work constructing a dam with banks of 100 m or more in height and using vehicle type construction machine (meaning construction machines equipped with power-driven system and capable of self-propelling to unspecified places among those listed in the Appended Table 7 of the Order, the same shall apply hereinafter) on slopes where the said vehicle are liable to overturn or fall;
    • (iii) The work constructing bridges with a maximum span of 300 m or more and falling under any of the followings
      • (a) Where the girders of said bridge are curved;
      • (b) Where the height beneath the girders of said bridge is 30 m or more.
    • (iv) The work constructing tunnels, etc., of 1,000 m or more in length and are deemed to be liable to cause dangers to workers due to cave-ins, inundations and gas explosions etc.;
    • (v) The work of excavation that the volume of excavated soil exceeds 200,000 m3 and falling under any of followings:
      • (a) Where the said work is carried out at in a place of weak soil;
      • (b) Where the said work is carried out in a confined place using vehicle type construction machines.
    • (vi) The work by the compressed air method with the gauge pressure of 0.2 MPa or more and falling under any of the followings:
      • (a) Where the said work is carried out in a place of weak soil;
      • (b) Where excavating work is carried out at the same time near to a place of said work.
Article 94-3 (Exclusion from Investigation)
  • (1) Plans prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 89-2 of the Act shall be the plan of the work related to construction work projects ordered by the national government or local government or other public organizations as the original orderer prescribed by paragraph (2) of Article 30 of the Act shall be excluded.
Article 94-4 (Technical Investigation, etc.)
Article 95 (Chiefs of the Labour Standards Inspection Offices and Labour Standards Inspectors)
  • (1) The Chief of the Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, in addition to what is prescribed by the Ordinances pursuant to the Act, take charge of affairs related to enforcement of the Act under the instruction and supervision of the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau.
  • (2) The Labour Standards Inspector shall take charge of the spot inspection pursuant to the Act, duties of juridical police officers or other affairs enforcing the Act.
  • (3) The identification card set forth in paragraph (3) of Article 91 of the Act shall be made by Form No.18 of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Labour Standards Act.
Article 95-2 (Term of a Medical Advisor in Occupational Health)
  • (1) The term of a Medical Advisor in Occupational Health shall be for two years.
  • (2) When the term of a Medical Advisor in Occupational Health has terminated, the Medical Advisor in Occupational Health may execute his duties until a successor is designated.
Article 95-3 (Identification Card for Officers Who Execute Spot Inspections)
Article 95-3-2
  • (1) The identification card set forth in paragraph (3) of Article91 of the Act to be applied mutatis mutandis in the provision of paragraph (5) of Article 96-2 of the Act shall be made by Form No.21-2-3.
Article 95-4 (Training for Persons Engaged in Work to Prevent Industrial Accidents)
  • (1) The subjects for training set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 99-2 of the Act (hereinafter referred to simply as “training” in this Article) shall be the following subjects:
    • (i) Problems and counter measures pertaining to the management relating to workplace safety and health.
    • (ii) Methods of management relating to workplace safety and health.
    • (iii) Related legislation on safety and health.
    • (iv) Industrial accident cases and their preventive measures.
  • (2) A person who intends to undergo training shall submit an application for training of person engaged in work to prevent industrial accidents in the prevention of the recurrence of industrial accidents (Form No.21-3) to a person conducting training designated by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 99-2 of the Act (referred to as the “designated training institution” in the following paragraph).
  • (3) The designated training institution shall issue a person who has completed the training with a completion certificate of training of industrial accident prevention workers in the prevention of the recurrence of industrial accidents (Form No.21-4) without delay.
  • (4) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, other matters necessary to the implementation of training shall be provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Article 95-5 (Training for Workers in Restricted Employment)
  • (1) The subjects for training set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 99-3 of the Act (hereinafter referred to simply as “training” in this Article) shall be the following subjects :
    • (i) The structure of machine, facilities, etc., pertaining to work prescribed by paragraph (1) of Article 61 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “restricted employment machines, etc.”).
    • (ii) The function of safety device, etc., pertaining to restricted employment machines, etc.
    • (iii) The maintenance of restricted employment machines, etc.
    • (iv) Work method pertaining to restricted employment machines, etc.
    • (v) Relevant legislation on safety and health.
    • (vi) Industrial accident cases and their preventive measures.
  • (2) A person who intends to undergo training shall submit an application for training of restricted employment workers in the prevention of the recurrence of industrial accidents (Form No.21-5) to a person conducting training designated by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 99-3 of the Act (referred to as the “designated training institution” in the next paragraph).
  • (3) The designated training institution shall issue a person who has completed the training with a completion certificate of training for restricted employment workers in the prevention of the recurrence of industrial accidents (Form No.21-6) without delay.
  • (4) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, matters necessary for the implementation of training shall be provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Article 95-6 (Report of Work Exposed to Harmful Substances)
  • (1) The employer shall, at the workshop where the substance which is liable to cause health impairment to a worker and provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare are manufactured or handled, and when having worker engage in the work that is liable to expose workers to gas, vapor or dust of the said substances, , as provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, submit a report as regards the necessary matters for preventing exposure to the said substances to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office by Form No.21-7.
Article 96 (Reports on Accidents)
  • (1) The employer shall, in the case of the following cases, submit a report by Form No.22 without delay to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office:
    • (i) When any of the following accidents have occurred in the workplace or in any attached buildings:
      • (a) Fire or explosion (excluding the accidents set forth in the next item).
      • (b) Rupture of a centrifugal machine, or of a grinding wheel and other high speed rotating body.
      • (c) Cutoff of ropes or chains of skyline logging cable cranes, hoisting equipment or cableways.
      • (d) Collapse of a building, construction attached thereto, or a skyline logging cable crane, chimney, overhead tank, etc.
    • (ii) When an accident involving the rupture of a boiler set forth in item (iii) of Article 1 of the Order (excluding small sized boilers), the explosion of flue gas or the equivalent accident have occurred.
    • (iii) When an accident involving the rupture of a small sized boiler, a class-1 pressure vessel set forth in item (v) of Article 1 of the Order or a class-2 pressure vessel set forth in item (vii) of the same Article have occurred.
    • (iv) When any of the following accidents involving a crane (excluding cranes listed in item (i) of Article 2 of the Crane Ordinance) have occurred:
      • (a) Runaway, collapse, falling or breaking of a jib.
      • (b) Cutoff of a wire rope or a hoisting chain.
    • (v) When any of the following accidents involving a mobile crane (excluding mobile cranes listed in item (i) of Article 2 of the Crane Ordinance) have occurred:
      • (a) Overturning, collapse, or breaking of a jib.
      • (b) Cutoff of a wire rope or a hoisting chain.
    • (vi) When any of the following accidents involving a derrick (excluding derricks listed in item (i) of Article 2 of the Crane Ordinance) have occurred:
      • (a) Collapse, or breaking of a boom.
      • (b) Cutoff of a wire rope.
    • (vii) When any of the following accidents involving an elevator (excluding elevators listed in item (ii) of Article 2 of the Crane Ordinance) have occurred:
      • (a) Collapse of an elevator step or falling of a load.
      • (b) Cutoff of a wire rope.
    • (viii) When any of the following accident involving a construction lift (excluding construction lifts listed in item (ii) of Article 2 of the Crane Ordinance) have occurred:
      • (a) Collapse of an elevator step or falling of a load.
      • (b) Cutoff of a wire rope.
    • (ix) When any of the following accidents involving a light capacity lift under the provisions of item (ix) of Article 1 of the Order (excluding light capacity lifts listed in item (ii) of Article 2 of the Crane Ordinance) have occurred:
      • (a) Falling of a load.
      • (b) Cut off of a wire rope or a hoisting chain.
    • (x) When any of the following accidents involving a gondola have occurred:
      • (a) Runaway, overturning, falling or breaking of an arm.
      • (b) Cutoff of a wire rope.
  • (2) In the case where a report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the next Article is to be submitted together with a report set forth in the preceding paragraph, the duplication of the items to be filled in on said report pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of the following Article shall not be required.
Article 97 (Reports of Worker Casualties)
  • (1) The employer shall, when a worker was killed or suspended from work due to industrial accident or injury, suffocation or acute poisoning suffered during employment in work, or within the workplace or building attached thereto, submit a report by Form No.23 to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office without delay.
  • (2) The employer shall, in the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions thereof, and when the number of days a worker or workers are suspended from the work concerned is less than four days, submit a report by Form No.24 to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office by the end of the succeeding month of the last month of the respective quarterly periods of January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December, informing the Chief of the facts.
Article 98 (Reports)
  • (1) The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau or the Chief of the Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, when having an employer, workers or loaners of machine, etc., or buildings, report necessary matters or when issuing a summons pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 100 of the Act, inform of the following matters:
    • (i) Reason(s) for ordering to present a report or to appear at the office.
    • (ii) Matters on which explanation or a statement of opinion are required in the case of a summons.
Article 98-2 (Methods of Disseminating the Legislation)
  • (1) The methods prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 101 of the Act shall be the methods listed in each item of paragraph (3) of Article 23.
  • (2) The methods prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (2) of Article 101 of the Act shall be the following methods:
    • (i) To post or place the notified matters in a readily visible location at each workshop where substances pertaining to the notified matters are handled;
    • (ii) To distribute the document to the worker handling substances pertaining to the notified matters;
    • (iii) To record the notified matters on magnetic tapes, magnetic disks or other similar devices and to installin each workshop where substances pertaining to the notified matters are handled to enable workers who handle the said substances to see the content of the said record at any time.
Article 98-3 (Reports of Results of Epidemiological Investigations, etc., to the Central Labour Standards Council)
  • (1) The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall, when having conducted an epidemiological survey set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 108-2 of the Act based on the same paragraph, report the result of the survey to the Labour Policy Council within a year after the survey has been finished.
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