[Chapter 4] Section 2 Relevant Clauses in Laws, Ordinances and Safety and Health Regulations②

[Cabinet Order] Order for Enforcement of Industrial Safety and Health Act [Excerpt]

Article 6 (Work Subject to Appoint an Operations Chief)

The operations designated by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 14 of the Act are as follows:

(15)assembling, dismantling or altering suspended scaffolding (excluding suspended scaffolding of gondolas; the same applies hereinafter), overhanging scaffolding or scaffolding of a height of 5 m or more;

Article 13 (Machines, etc. Subject to Be in Conformity with Standards or Equipped with Safety Devices Designated by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare)

(3)The machines, etc. defined by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 42 of the Act (excluding a case in which it is clear that the machines, etc., will not be used in Japan’s territory) are the machines, etc. listed below:

(11)members and fittings for the steel pipe scaffolding listed in Appended Table 8;

(12)suspension chains and frames for suspended scaffolding

Appended Table 8 Members and Fittings for Steel Pipe Scaffolding (related to Article 13)

(i) members for prefabricated scaffolding

1.standard forms (including simple frames)

2.cross bracing

3.ledger forms

4.flooring ledger forms

5.bracket forms

(ii)ledger boards for single-row ledger board scaffolding and their supporting metal fittings

(iii)standard forms for movable scaffolding (excluding the ones falling under 1. of item (1)) and casters

(iv)metal fittings for ties to wall

(v)joint fittings

1.post joints of standard forms for prefabricated scaffolding

2.arm locks of standard forms for prefabricated scaffolding

3.tube and coupler joints for tube and coupler scaffolding

(vi)binding fittings

1.crossed clamps

2.universal clamps

(vii)base fittings

1.fixed base fittings

2.jack-type base fittings

Article 19 (Categories of Industry Which Should Provide Education for the Foreman)

The categories of industry defined by the Cabinet Order set forth in Article 60 of the Act are as follows:

(i)construction industry;

(ii)manufacturing industry excluding those listed below:

(a)food and tobacco manufacturing industry (excluding taste condiment manufacturing industry and animal and vegetable oil manufacturing industry).

(b)textile industry (excluding spinning industry and dyeing industry).

(c)ledgerses and other textile goods manufacturing industry.

(d)paper processing goods manufacturing industry (excluding cellophane manufacturing industry).

(e)newspaper industry, publication industry, bookbinding industry, and printed matter processing industry.

(iii)electric power industry.

(iv)gas industry.

(v)automobile maintenance industry.

(vi)machinery repairing industry.