# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第一条 (Article 1)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-1
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### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、労働基準法（昭和二十二年法律第四十九号）と相まつて、労働災害の防止のための危害防止基準の確立、責任体制の明確化及び自主的活動の促進の措置を講ずる等その防止に関する総合的計画的な対策を推進することにより職場における労働者の安全と健康を確保するとともに、快適な職場環境の形成を促進することを目的とする。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-1/par-1</sup>
The purpose of this Act is to ensure workers' safety and health in the workplace and to facilitate the creation of comfortable work environments, by advancing comprehensive and systematic measures related to industrial injury prevention, such as the taking of measures to establish standards for hazard prevention, clarifying accountability structures, and promoting autonomous action with a view to preventing industrial injuries, in conjunction with the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17