# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57)

- 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（表示等） — address `art-57`
- 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-57
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57
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### 第五十七条（表示等） — (Labeling)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57</sup>

  **第一項**  爆発性の物、発火性の物、引火性の物その他の労働者に危険を生ずるおそれのある物若しくはベンゼン、ベンゼンを含有する製剤その他の労働者に健康障害を生ずるおそれのある物で政令で定めるもの又は前条第一項の物を容器に入れ、又は包装して、譲渡し、又は提供する者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その容器又は包装（容器に入れ、かつ、包装して、譲渡し、又は提供するときにあつては、その容器）に次に掲げるものを表示しなければならない。ただし、その容器又は包装のうち、主として一般消費者の生活の用に供するためのものについては、この限りでない。
  <sup>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</sup>
  A person that transfers or provides explosives, pyrophorus, flammables, or any other substance that could put a worker in danger and are specified by Cabinet Order; that transfers or provides benzene, preparations containing benzene, or other substances that could cause a worker's health to be impaired and are specified by Cabinet Order; or the substances referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, with putting them into a container or a package, must label the container or the package (or label the container, if the substances are put o a container and also packaged before being transferred or provided) with the following things, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply to containers or packages that are intended primarily for use by general consumers:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  次に掲げる事項
    <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the following particulars:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  名称
      <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      the name of the substance;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  人体に及ぼす作用
      <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      its effects on the human body;
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      **ハ**  貯蔵又は取扱い上の注意
      <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-3</sup>
      precautions concerning storage or handling;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ニ**  イからハまでに掲げるもののほか、厚生労働省令で定める事項
      <sup>art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1/item-1/sub-4</sup>
      particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, beyond what is set forth in (a) through (c).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  当該物を取り扱う労働者に注意を喚起するための標章で厚生労働大臣が定めるもの
    <sup>art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the markings meant to draw the attention of workers handling those substances that are specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の政令で定める物又は前条第一項の物を前項に規定する方法以外の方法により譲渡し、又は提供する者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、同項各号の事項を記載した文書を、譲渡し、又は提供する相手方に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-2</sup>
  A person that transfers or provides the substances specified by Cabinet Order that are referred to in the preceding paragraph, or the substances referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in a manner other than that which is prescribed in the preceding paragraph must deliver a document giving the particulars referred to in each item of that paragraph to the person to which the substances are transferred or provided, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person that transfers or provides the substances specified by Cabinet Order that are referred to in the preceding paragraph, or the subsances referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in a manner other than that which is prescribed in the preceding paragraph must deliver a document giving the particulars referred to in each item of that paragraph to the person to which the substances are transferred or provided, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-57/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-56/par-1
- art-57/par-2: 前項 → 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-57/par-2: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-56/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条の二第一項（事業者の行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条第二項（表示等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第一項（文書の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の三（第五十七条第一項の政令で定める物及び通知対象物について事業者が行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の三第一項（第五十七条第一項の政令で定める物及び通知対象物について事業者が行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法), Article 57, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
