# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第十八条 (Article 18)

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- Law: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第十八条 (Article 18) — address `art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18
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### 第十八条
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  法第三十六条第六項第一号の厚生労働省令で定める健康上特に有害な業務は、次に掲げるものとする。
<sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1</sup>
The work especially harmful to health specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 36, paragraph (6), item (i) of the Act is to be the following.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一**  多量の高熱物体を取り扱う業務及び著しく暑熱な場所における業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-1</sup>
Work for which workers handle a large quantity of intensely heated materials and work at an extremely hot place
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**二**  多量の低温物体を取り扱う業務及び著しく寒冷な場所における業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-2</sup>
Work for which workers handle a large quantity of cold materials, and work in an extremely cold place
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**三**  ラジウム放射線、エックス線その他の有害放射線にさらされる業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-3</sup>
Work for in which workers are exposed to radium radioactive rays, X-rays, or some other injurious radioactive rays
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**四**  土石、獣毛等のじんあい又は粉末を著しく飛散する場所における業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-4</sup>
Work in a place where dust or powder such as that from earth, rocks, fur are extensively scattered
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**五**  異常気圧下における業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-5</sup>
Work under unusual atmospheric pressure
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**六**  削岩機、鋲打機等の使用によつて身体に著しい振動を与える業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-6</sup>
Work for which workers receive an extreme vibration by operating a rock drill, rivetter and the like
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**七**  重量物の取扱い等重激なる業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-7</sup>
Extremely hard work such as those for which workers handle heavy materials
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**八**  ボイラー製造等強烈な騒音を発する場所における業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-8</sup>
Work in an extremely noisy place such as boiler-manufacturing
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**九**  鉛、水銀、クロム、砒素、黄りん、弗素、塩素、塩酸、硝酸、亜硫酸、硫酸、一酸化炭素、二硫化炭素、青酸、ベンゼン、アニリン、その他これに準ずる有害物の粉じん、蒸気又はガスを発散する場所における業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-9</sup>
Work in a place where particulate, vapor or gas of lead, mercury, chrome, arsenic, phosphorus, fluorine, chlorine, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphur dioxide, sulphuric acid, carbon monoxide, carbon disulphide, hydrocyanic, benzene, aniline, or other equivalent injurious material is generated
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**十**  前各号のほか、厚生労働大臣の指定する業務
<sup>art-18/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-10</sup>
Work designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare other than those listed in the preceding items
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-18/par-1: 法第三十六条第六項第一号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第一号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (i)), art-36/par-6/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-1
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-18/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-1
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第二号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-18/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-2
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第三号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-18/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-3
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第四号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-18/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-4
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第五号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-18/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-5
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第六号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-18/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-6
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第七号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-18/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-7
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第八号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-18/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-8
- art-18/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第九号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-18/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-9

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法施行規則 第十八条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-18/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-18/par-1/item-10

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-003, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10
