# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2) - 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: 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2)（事業者の行うべき調査等） — address `art-28-2` - 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-28-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2 - 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. --- ### 第二十八条の二（事業者の行うべき調査等） — (Assessments to Be Carried Out by Employers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2 **第一項** 事業者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、建設物、設備、原材料、ガス、蒸気、粉じん等による、又は作業行動その他業務に起因する危険性又は有害性等（第五十七条第一項の政令で定める物及び第五十七条の二第一項に規定する通知対象物による危険性又は有害性等を除く。）を調査し、その結果に基づいて、この法律又はこれに基づく命令の規定による措置を講ずるほか、労働者の危険又は健康障害を防止するため必要な措置を講ずるように努めなければならない。ただし、当該調査のうち、化学物質、化学物質を含有する製剤その他の物で労働者の危険又は健康障害を生ずるおそれのあるものに係るもの以外のものについては、製造業その他厚生労働省令で定める業種に属する事業者に限る。 art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-1 An employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must endeavor to assess things such as the potential for danger or harm from things such as constructions, equipment, raw materials, gases, vapor, and dust,and from work activities and other duties (excluding the things such as the potential for danger or harm due to substances specified by Cabinet Order pursuant to paragraph (1) of Article 57 and substance subject to notice prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 57-2), and to take the necessary measures to prevent the endangerment of workers or the impairment of workers' health, in addition to taking the measures under the provisions of this Act or an order under this Act, based on the results of those investigations; provided, however, that for those of such investigations that are unrelated to chemical substances, preparations containing chemical substances, and other things that could endanger a worker or impair a worker's health, this is limited to an employer that is in the manufacturing industry or any other industry specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項及び第三項に定めるもののほか、前項の措置に関して、その適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を公表するものとする。 art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines in connection with the measures in the preceding paragraph in order to ensure their appropriate and effective implementation, beyond what is provided for in paragraphs (1) and (3) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針に従い、事業者又はその団体に対し、必要な指導、援助等を行うことができる。 art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance and assistance to employers and associations thereof in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-28-2/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1 - art-28-2/par-1: 第五十七条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第一項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (1)), art-57-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-1 - art-28-2/par-2: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-1 - art-28-2/par-2: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3 - art-28-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-1 - art-28-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条の二第二項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (2)), art-28-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条の二第二項（事業者の行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条の二第三項（事業者の行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第一項（計画の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百六条第一項（国の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-106/par-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 --- ## 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