# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第十四条 (Article 14)

- 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（作業主任者） — address `art-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十四条（作業主任者） — (Operations Supervisors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、高圧室内作業その他の労働災害を防止するための管理を必要とする作業で、政令で定めるものについては、都道府県労働局長の免許を受けた者又は都道府県労働局長の登録を受けた者が行う技能講習を修了した者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該作業の区分に応じて、作業主任者を選任し、その者に当該作業に従事する労働者の指揮その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を行わせなければならない。
<sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-14/par-1</sup>
For work inside hyperbaric chambers and other work that makes it necessary to have in place controls for preventing industrial injuries, and that is specified by Cabinet Order, the employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must appoint an operations supervisor for the relevant work classification from among persons licensed by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau and persons who have completed a skill training course conducted by a person registered by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, and have that person direct the employees engaged in the relevant work and undertake the other things that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十二条第一項（免許） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-72/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十六条第一項（技能講習） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-76/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十七条第一項（登録教習機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-77/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十七条第三項（登録教習機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-77/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-77/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条第一項第一号の二（手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112/par-1/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112/par-1/item-1-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条の二第二項第一号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112-2/par-2/item-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/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/ja/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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
