# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第九十六条の二 (Article 96-2) - 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: 第九十六条の二 (Article 96-2)（機構による労働災害の原因の調査等の実施） — address `art-96-2` - 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-96-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条の二（機構による労働災害の原因の調査等の実施） — (Implementation of Investigations into Causes of Industrial Injuries by JOHAS) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-96-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第九十三条第二項又は第三項の規定による労働災害の原因の調査が行われる場合において、当該労働災害の規模その他の状況から判断して必要があると認めるときは、独立行政法人労働者健康安全機構（以下「機構」という。）に、当該調査を行わせることができる。 art-96-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-1 If an investigation will be undertaken into the causes of an industrial injury under the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of Article 93, and in light of the magnitude of the accident or any other such circumstances, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it is necessary to do so, the minister may have the Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety (hereinafter referred to as "JOHAS") undertake that investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、必要があると認めるときは、機構に、第九十四条第一項の規定による立入検査（前項に規定する調査に係るものに限る。）を行わせることができる。 art-96-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-2 On finding that it is necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have JOHAS carry out an on-site inspection under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 94 (limited to one that is connected with an investigation as prescribed in the preceding paragraph). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により機構に立入検査を行わせる場合には、機構に対し、当該立入検査の場所その他必要な事項を示してこれを実施すべきことを指示するものとする。 art-96-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-3 If having JOHAS carry out an on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to indicate the location of the on-site inspection and other necessary particulars to JOHAS and instruct it that it must implement an on-site inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 機構は、前項の指示に従つて立入検査を行つたときは、その結果を厚生労働大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-96-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-4 Having undertaken an on-site inspection in accordance with the instructions referred to in the preceding paragraph, JOHAS must report the result to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第九十一条第三項及び第四項の規定は、第二項の規定による立入検査について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「労働基準監督官」とあるのは、「独立行政法人労働者健康安全機構の職員」と読み替えるものとする。 art-96-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (3) and (4) of Article 91 apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to respect to on-site inspections under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (2). In such a case, the phrase "labor standards inspector" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "staff of the Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-96-2/par-1: 第九十三条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十三条第二項 (Article 93, paragraph (2)), art-93/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-93/par-2 - art-96-2/par-1: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十三条第三項 (Article 93, paragraph (3)), art-93/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-93/par-3 - art-96-2/par-2: 第九十四条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-94/par-1 - art-96-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第一項 (Article 96-2, paragraph (1)), art-96-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-1 - art-96-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第二項 (Article 96-2, paragraph (2)), art-96-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-2 - art-96-2/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第三項 (Article 96-2, paragraph (3)), art-96-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-3 - art-96-2/par-5: 第九十一条第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十一条第三項 (Article 91, paragraph (3)), art-91/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-91/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-91/par-3 - art-96-2/par-5: 第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十一条第四項 (Article 91, paragraph (4)), art-91/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-91/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-91/par-4 - art-96-2/par-5: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第二項 (Article 96-2, paragraph (2)), art-96-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第二項（機構による労働災害の原因の調査等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第三項（機構による労働災害の原因の調査等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第四項（機構による労働災害の原因の調査等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の二第五項（機構による労働災害の原因の調査等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-2/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条の三第一項（機構に対する命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96-3/par-1 --- ## 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