# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第三十条 (Article 30)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三十条 (Article 30)（特定元方事業者等の講ずべき措置） — address `art-30`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三十条（特定元方事業者等の講ずべき措置） — (Measures to Be Taken by Specified Principal Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30</sup>

**第一項**  特定元方事業者は、その労働者である作業従事者（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。）及び関係請負人に係る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、次の事項に関する必要な措置を講じなければならない。
<sup>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</sup>
In order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of work being carried out at the same site by the persons engaged in work who are workers of the specified principal employer (including, if there are persons engaged in work associated with that 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 related contractors, a specified principal employer must take the necessary measures concerning the following things:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  協議組織の設置及び運営を行うこと。
  <sup>art-30/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-1</sup>
  establishing and running a consultative organization;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  作業間の連絡及び調整を行うこと。
  <sup>art-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-2</sup>
  liaising and coordinating between related work;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  作業場所を巡視すること。
  <sup>art-30/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-3</sup>
  inspecting the worksite;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  関係請負人が行う労働者の安全又は衛生のための教育に対する指導及び援助を行うこと。
  <sup>art-30/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-4</sup>
  providing guidance and assistance for the education conducted by the related contractors for the workers' safety and health;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  仕事を行う場所が仕事ごとに異なることを常態とする業種で、厚生労働省令で定めるものに属する事業を行う特定元方事業者にあつては、仕事の工程に関する計画及び作業場所における機械、設備等の配置に関する計画を作成するとともに、当該機械、設備等を使用する作業に関し関係請負人がこの法律又はこれに基づく命令の規定に基づき講ずべき措置についての指導を行うこと。
  <sup>art-30/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-5</sup>
  if it is a specified principal employer with an undertaking categorized as a business type specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in which it is usual for the site where a job is carried out to differ from job to job preparing plans for work processes and plans for the arrangement of things such as machines and equipment at the worksite, as well as providing instructions on the measures that related contractors must take, based on this Act or an order hereunder, in connection with the work for which the relevant machines, equipment, or other things are used;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、当該労働災害を防止するため必要な事項
  <sup>art-30/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-6</sup>
  anything that is necessary for preventing such industrial injuries, beyond as set forth in the preceding items.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  特定事業の仕事の発注者（注文者のうち、その仕事を他の者から請け負わないで注文している者をいう。以下同じ。）で、特定元方事業者以外のものは、一の場所において行われる特定事業の仕事を二以上の請負人に請け負わせている場合において、当該場所において当該仕事に係る二以上の請負人に係る作業従事者（労働者及び労働者と同一の場所において仕事の作業に従事する労働者以外の作業従事者に限る。）が作業を行うときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、請負人で当該仕事を自ら行う事業者であるもののうちから、前項に規定する措置を講ずべき者として一人を指名しなければならない。一の場所において行われる特定事業の仕事の全部を請け負つた者で、特定元方事業者以外のもののうち、当該仕事を二以上の請負人に請け負わせている者についても、同様とする。
<sup>art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2</sup>
If an original orderer (meaning an orderer that places an order without having been contracted for that job by any other person; the same applies hereinafter) of a job involved in a specified undertaking, other than a specified principal employer, has contracted out, to two or more contractors, a job involved in a specified undertaking which is being carried out at a single site, and the persons engaged in work (limited to workers and to persons engaged in work, other than workers, who are engaged in work on a job at the same site as workers) associated with the two or more contractors involved in that job will work at that site, that original orderer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must designate one person from among those of the contractors that constitute employers carrying out that job themselves, as the person that is to take the measures prescribed in the preceding paragraph. The same applies to a person that has been contracted to undertake all of the jobs involved in a specified undertaking being carried out at a single site, other than a specified principal employer, and that has contracted out those jobs to two or more contractors.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定による指名がされないときは、同項の指名は、労働基準監督署長がする。
<sup>art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-3</sup>
If a designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is not made, the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices makes the designation referred to in that paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第二項又は前項の規定による指名がされたときは、当該指名された事業者は、当該場所において当該仕事の作業に従事する全ての作業従事者に関し、第一項に規定する措置を講じなければならない。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、同項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>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</sup>
When a designation under the provisions of paragraph (2) or the preceding paragraph has been made, the designated employer must take the measures provided for in paragraph (1) for all persons engaged in work on the jobs at that site. In such a case, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply to the designated employer and employers other than the designated employer.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-30/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項第一号 (Article 30, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-30/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-1
- art-30/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項第二号 (Article 30, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-30/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-2
- art-30/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項第三号 (Article 30, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-30/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-3
- art-30/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項第四号 (Article 30, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-30/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-4
- art-30/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項第五号 (Article 30, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-30/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-5
- art-30/par-2: 前項 → 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-30/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- art-30/par-4: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- art-30/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第三項 (Article 30, paragraph (3)), art-30/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-3
- art-30/par-4: 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

## Cited by

22 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項（統括安全衛生責任者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-15/par-1
- 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 第三十条第一項第六号（特定元方事業者等の講ずべき措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-1/item-6
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第二項（特定元方事業者等の講ずべき措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第三項（特定元方事業者等の講ずべき措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第四項（特定元方事業者等の講ずべき措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-2/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-2/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-2/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-30-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-30-3/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十一条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-31-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-31-3/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十二条第一項（請負人の講ずべき措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-32/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十二条第六項（請負人の講ずべき措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-32/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-32/par-6
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十二条第七項（請負人の講ずべき措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-32/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-32/par-7
- 労働安全衛生法 第三十六条第一項（厚生労働省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-36/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

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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
- 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
