# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) - 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（安全委員会） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17 - 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. --- ### 第十七条（安全委員会） — (Safety Committees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17 **第一項** 事業者は、政令で定める業種及び規模の事業場ごとに、次の事項を調査審議させ、事業者に対し意見を述べさせるため、安全委員会を設けなければならない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1 At each workplace of the business type and scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer must establish a safety committee in order to have it investigate and deliberate on the following particulars and submit its opinion to the employer: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 労働者の危険を防止するための基本となるべき対策に関すること。 art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1/item-1 things related to the strategy that is to form the basis for preventing the endangerment of workers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 労働災害の原因及び再発防止対策で、安全に係るものに関すること。 art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1/item-2 things related to the parts of the safety strategy that concern the causes of industrial injuries and measures to prevent recurrence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、労働者の危険の防止に関する重要事項 art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1/item-3 material particulars involved in preventing the endangerment of workers, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 安全委員会の委員は、次の者をもつて構成する。ただし、第一号の者である委員（以下「第一号の委員」という。）は、一人とする。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-2 A safety committee is composed of the following persons; provided, however, that only one of the committee members constitutes a person as referred to in item (i) (hereinafter referred to as the "item (i) member"): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 総括安全衛生管理者又は総括安全衛生管理者以外の者で当該事業場においてその事業の実施を統括管理するもの若しくはこれに準ずる者のうちから事業者が指名した者 art-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-2/item-1 the general safety and health manager, or the person that the employer has designated from among persons other than the general safety and health manager who are in charge of comprehensively managing the implementation of the undertaking at the relevant workplace or from among equivalent persons; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 安全管理者のうちから事業者が指名した者 art-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-2/item-2 persons that the employer has designated from among safety managers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該事業場の労働者で、安全に関し経験を有するもののうちから事業者が指名した者 art-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-2/item-3 persons that the employer has designated from among the workers at the relevant workplace who have safety-related experience. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 安全委員会の議長は、第一号の委員がなるものとする。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-3 The item (i) member is to be the chairperson of the safety committee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 事業者は、第一号の委員以外の委員の半数については、当該事業場に労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときにおいてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときにおいては労働者の過半数を代表する者の推薦に基づき指名しなければならない。 art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-4 An employer must designate persons based on the recommendation of a trade union organized by a majority of workers at the relevant workplace, if any, or by a person representing a majority of workers, if there is no such trade union, to constitute half of the committee members other than the item (i) member. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項の規定は、当該事業場の労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合との間における労働協約に別段の定めがあるときは、その限度において適用しない。 art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-5 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the extent of any separate provisions in a collective agreement concluded with a trade union organized by a majority of the workers at the relevant workplace. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第一項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1/item-1 - art-17/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第一項第二号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-17/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1/item-2 - art-17/par-2: 第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第二項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-17/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-2/item-1 - art-17/par-5: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-3 - art-17/par-5: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-4 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第一項第三号（安全委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-1/item-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第二項（安全委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第五項（安全委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第四項（衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第十九条第一項（安全衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第十九条第四項（安全衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/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/ja/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/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-8 - 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 第四十五条第九項（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-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-9 --- ## 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