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 Prevention of Dangers Due to a Machine
Section 3 Woodworking Machine
Article 122 (Anti-Kickback Device for a Circular Saw)
- (1) The employer shall provide a spreader or other anti-kickback device, etc., for a woodworking circular saw (excluding a cross cut circular saw and others are unlikely to cause dangers to workers due to kickback of the wood).
Article 123 (Teeth Contact Preventive Device for a Circular Saw)
- (1) The employer shall provide a teeth contact preventive device for a woodworking circular saw (excluding the one for lumber and the one with an automatic feeding device).
Article 124 (Cover, etc., on Teeth or a Band Wheel of a Band Saw)
- (1) The employer shall provide a cover or an enclosure on the teeth of a woodworking band saw other than the parts necessary for sawing and a band wheel.
Article 125 (Cover, etc., on a Feeding Roller of a Band Saw)
- (1) The employer shall provide a contact preventive device or a cover on a spiked or a toothed feeding roller of a woodworking band saw excluding the feeding side. However, this shall not apply to those equipped with a quick stop device, which an operator is able to stop the operation of spiked or toothed feeding rollers.
Article 126 (Blade Contact Preventive Device of a Hand Feed Planer)
- (1) The employer shall provide a blade contact preventive device for a hand feed planer.
Article 127 (Cutters Contact Preventive Device of a Wood Shaper)
- (1) The employer shall provide a cutters contact preventive device for a wood shaper (excluding the one equipped with an automatic feeding device). However, this shall not apply to the case where providing a contact preventive device is difficult due to the nature of the work, and when having a worker use a jig or a tool.
- (2) A worker shall, in the case set forth in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, and when having been instructed to use a jig or a tool, use them.
Article 128 (Prohibition of Entry)
- (1) The employer shall prohibit workers from entering the space between teeth and a log carriage of an automatic log carriage type band saw and display a notice to that effect at a readily visible location .
- (2) A worker shall not enter a place where entry is prohibited pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph.
Article 129 (Appointment of an Operations Chief of Woodworking Machines)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards the work set forth in item (vi) of Article 6 of the Order, appoint an operations chief of woodworking machines from the persons who have completed the skill training course for operations chief of woodworking machines.
Article 130 (Duties of an Operations Chief of Woodworking Machines)
- (1) The employer shall have an operations chief of woodworking machines carry out the following matters:
- (i) To supervise directly the work handling woodworking machine.
- (ii) To inspect a woodworking machine and its safety device.
- (iii) To take necessary measures immediately when having found any abnormalities in a woodworking machine and its safety device.
- (iv) To monitor the use of a jig or a tool during the operation.
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