Summary

Under Article 50 of the Industrial Safety and Health Law, when the Minister of Labor recognizes that it is necessary to take a comprehensive improvement plan to prevent work-related accidents in facilities and other matters at work sites, It stipulates that preparation of a health and safety improvement plan should be instructed.

Target Sites

  • Among major disaster occurrence business sites, establishments where the one-year disaster rate before the disaster occurrence exceeds the same industry average disaster rate of the previous year
  • Sites where the disaster rate is more than twice the same industry average disaster rate
  • A place where two or more people suffer from the occupational disease annually (more than three in the case of a business establishment with one or more regular workers)
  • A place where social controversy is caused by poor working environment, fire, explosion or leak accident
  • A place where the Secretary of Labor separately defines the above places

Main Content

Necessary items for equipment, safety, and health management system, safety and health education, industrial disaster prevention and improvement of the working environment
(That is, specific items to plan improvement, financial plans that require funding to implement improvement plans, and plans to complete plans by item)

Submission Deadline

Development and enforcement order of the safety and health improvement plan The business owner who received the order of enforcement of the safety and health improvement plan prepares the safety and health improvement plan according to the Minister of Employment, Labor and Labor, and within 60 days from the day of receiving jurisdiction. It must be submitted to the head of the government office.

Legal Sanctions in Case of Violation

Violations Base Article Details Amount of premium
(10,000 yen)
Primary secondary tertiary
In violation of the law Article 50 (1) and (2) when it violates the occupational health and safety improvement plan formulation and enforcement command or safety and health improvement plan formulation and submission order Act Article 72, Section 3, Item 3 A violation of an order under the provisions of Article 50, paragraph 1 of the law 500 750 1,000
A violates an order under the provisions of Article 50, paragraph 2 of the law 1,000 1,000 1,000