Not only must an employer comply with the minimum standards for preventing industrial injuries provided for in this Act, but it must also work to ensure the safety and health of workers in the workplace through the creation of a comfortable work environment and the improvement of working conditions. Furthermore, an employer must work to cooperate with government-implemented policies for preventing industrial injuries.
A person that designs, manufactures, or imports the machinery, tools, or other equipment; that manufactures or imports raw materials; or that constructs or designs constructions; must endeavor, in designing, manufacturing, importing or constructing them, to contribute to preventing the occurrence of industrial injuries caused by their use.
機械、器具その他の設備を設計し、製造し、若しくは輸入する者、原材料を製造し、若しくは輸入する者又は建設物を建設し、若しくは設計する者は、これらの物の設計、製造、輸入又は建設に際して、これらの物が使用されることによる労働災害の発生の防止に資するように努めなければならない。
A person, such as an orderer of construction work, that contracts out a job to another person must take care that it does not attach conditions, regarding things such as construction techniques, work methods, the construction period and the delivery date, that could impede the safe and healthy performance of the work.
建設工事の注文者その他の仕事を他人に請け負わせる者は、施工方法、作業方法、工期、納期等について、安全で衛生的な作業の遂行を損なうおそれのある条件を付さないように配慮しなければならない。