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 5 Centrifugal Machine
Article 138 (Fitting of a Lid)
- (1) The employer shall provide a lid on a centrifugal machine.
Article 139 (Stoppage of Operation in the Case of Taking Contents Out)
- (1) The employer shall, when taking the contents out of a centrifugal machine (excluding the one constructed so that the content is automatically taken out), stop the said machine.
Article 140 (Prohibition of Use at Speeds Exceeding Maximum Allowable Rotation)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards a centrifugal machine, not use them at speeds exceeding their maximum allowable rotating speeds.
Article 141 (Periodical Self-inspections)
- (1) The employer shall, as regards a power-driven centrifugal machine, carry out self-inspections for the following matters periodically once every period within a year. However, this shall not apply to the non-use period of a centrifugal machine, which is not used for a period exceeding one year:
- (i) Abnormalities in rotor.
- (ii) Abnormalities in bearing parts of main shafts.
- (iii) Abnormalities in a brake.
- (iv) Abnormalities in an outer frame.
- (v) The slackness of a bolt used in the parts listed in the preceding each item.
- (2) The employer shall, as regards the centrifugal machine set forth in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, carry out self-inspection for the matters listed in each item of the same paragraph before resuming the use.
- (3) The employer shall, when having carried out the self-inspections set forth in the preceding two Articles, record the following matters and preserve the records for three years:
- (i) The date of the inspection
- (ii) The method of the inspection
- (iii) The parts of a machine inspected
- (iv) The results of the inspection
- (v) The name of the person who has carried out the inspection
- (vi) When measures such as repair have been taken based on the result of the inspection, their contents.
- (4) The employer shall, when having found any abnormalities in the case when having carried out the self-inspection set forth in paragraph (1) or (2), immediately repair or take other necessary measures.
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