# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（統括安全衛生責任者） — address `art-15` - 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-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十五条（統括安全衛生責任者） — (General Safety and Health Supervisor) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15 **第一項** 事業者で、一の場所において行う事業の仕事の一部を請負人に請け負わせているもの（当該事業の仕事の一部を請け負わせる契約が二以上あるため、その者が二以上あることとなるときは、当該請負契約のうちの最も先次の請負契約における注文者とする。以下「元方事業者」という。）のうち、建設業その他政令で定める業種に属する事業（以下「特定事業」という。）を行う者（以下「特定元方事業者」という。）は、当該一の場所において、その労働者である作業従事者（事業を行う者が行う仕事の作業に従事する者をいう。以下同じ。）（当該労働者である作業従事者のほか、労働者以外の当該特定元方事業者に係る作業従事者がある場合には、当該者を含む。）及びその請負人（元方事業者の当該事業の仕事が数次の請負契約によつて行われるときは、当該請負人の請負契約の後次の全ての請負契約の当事者である請負人を含む。以下「関係請負人」という。）に係る作業従事者が作業を行うときは、これらの作業従事者の作業が同一の場所において行われることによつて生ずる労働災害を防止するため、統括安全衛生責任者を選任し、その者に元方安全衛生管理者の指揮をさせるとともに、第三十条第一項各号の事項を統括管理させなければならない。ただし、これらの作業従事者の数が政令で定める数未満であるときは、この限りでない。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-1 An employer that has contracted out to a contractor a part of the job involved in a business undertaking it carries out at a single site (if there are two or more such contractors due to there being two or more contracts for work under which that part of the job involved in the undertaking is contracted out, this means the orderer under the earliest of those contracts; hereinafter referred to as the "principal employer"), and that has a business undertaking categorized as the construction industry or in any other industry specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as a "specified undertaking") (hereinafter such an employer is referred to as a "specified principal employer") must appoint a general safety and health supervisor and have that person give directions to the principal safety and health manager, as well as having that person handle the overall management of the things referred to in the items of Article 30, paragraph (1), if, at that single site, both the persons engaged in work (meaning persons engaged in work on a job carried out by a person conducting a business; the same applies hereinafter) who are its workers (including, if there are persons engaged in work associated with the specified principal employer who are not workers in addition to the persons engaged in work who are its workers, those persons) and the persons engaged in work associated with its contractor (and with all subcontractors, if the job involved in the undertaking of the principal employer is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts; hereinafter referred to as "related contractors") work, in order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of the work of those persons engaged in work being carried out at the same site; provided, however, that this does not apply if the number of those persons engaged in work is less than the number specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第二項** 統括安全衛生責任者は、当該場所においてその事業の実施を統括管理する者をもつて充てなければならない。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-2 The position of general safety and health supervisor must be filled by the person in charge of overall management for implementing the undertaking at the relevant site. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三十条第四項の場合において、同項の全ての作業従事者の数が政令で定める数以上であるときは、当該指名された事業者は、これらの作業従事者に関し、これらの作業従事者の作業が同一の場所において行われることによつて生ずる労働災害を防止するため、統括安全衛生責任者を選任し、その者に元方安全衛生管理者の指揮をさせるとともに、同条第一項各号の事項を統括管理させなければならない。この場合においては、当該指名された事業者及び当該指名された事業者以外の事業者については、第一項の規定は、適用しない。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-3 In a case as referred to in paragraph (4) of Article 30, if the total number of persons engaged in work as referred to in that paragraph is the number specified by Cabinet Order or more, the relevant designated employer, with regard to those persons engaged in work, must appoint a general safety and health supervisor in order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of the work of those persons engaged in work being carried out at the same site, must have that person direct the work of the principal safety and health manager, and must also have that person handle the overall management of the things referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 30. In such a case, the provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the designated employer and to employers other than the designated employer. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項又は前項に定めるもののほか、第二十五条の二第一項に規定する仕事が数次の請負契約によつて行われる場合においては、第一項又は前項の規定により統括安全衛生責任者を選任した事業者は、統括安全衛生責任者に第三十条の三第五項において準用する第二十五条の二第二項の規定により技術的事項を管理する者の指揮をさせるとともに、同条第一項各号の措置を統括管理させなければならない。 art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-4 Beyond as prescribed in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, if a job as prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts, an employer appointing a general safety and health supervisor pursuant to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, must have the general safety and health supervisor direct the work of persons in charge of managing technical issues pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 as they apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of Article 30-3, as well as having that person exercise overall control over the measures provided for in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, if a job as prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts, an employer appointing a general safety and health supervisor pursuant to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, must have the general safety and health supervisor direct the work of persons in charge of managing technical issues pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 as they apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of Article 30-3, as well as having that person exercise overall control over the measures provided for in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 30." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb **第五項** 第十条第三項の規定は、統括安全衛生責任者の業務の執行について準用する。この場合において、同項中「事業者」とあるのは、「当該統括安全衛生責任者を選任した事業者」と読み替えるものとする。 art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 10 apply mutatis mutandis to the execution of operations by the general safety and health supervisor. In such a case, the term "an employer" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the employer that has appointed the general safety and health supervisor". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-15/par-1: 第三十条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1 - art-15/par-3: 第三十条第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第四項 (Article 30, paragraph (4)), art-30/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-4 - art-15/par-3: 同条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1 - art-15/par-3: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-4: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-3 - art-15/par-4: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-1 - art-15/par-4: 第三十条の三第五項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第五項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (5)), art-30-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-5 - art-15/par-4: 第二十五条の二第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第二項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-2 - art-15/par-5: 第十条第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-10/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項（統括安全衛生責任者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第四項（統括安全衛生責任者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第十五条の二第一項（元方安全衛生管理者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15-2/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第十五条の三第一項（店社安全衛生管理者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15-3/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第十五条の三第二項（店社安全衛生管理者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15-3/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第十六条第一項（安全衛生責任者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-16/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第三項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-3 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第八項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-8 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法), Article 15, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-001, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17