# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（特別安全衛生改善計画） — address `art-78` - 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-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（特別安全衛生改善計画） — (Special Safety and Health Improvement Plans) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、重大な労働災害として厚生労働省令で定めるもの（以下この条において「重大な労働災害」という。）が発生した場合において、重大な労働災害の再発を防止するため必要がある場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合に該当すると認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事業者に対し、その事業場の安全又は衛生に関する改善計画（以下「特別安全衛生改善計画」という。）を作成し、これを厚生労働大臣に提出すべきことを指示することができる。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-1 If something has occurred that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a serious industrial injury(hereinafter referred to as a "serious industrial injury" in this Article), and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to fall under a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one in which it is necessary to do so in order to prevent the recurrence of a serious industrial injury, the minister, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare may instruct an employer that it must prepare a plan to improve the safety or health of its workplace (hereinafter referred to as a "special safety and health improvement plan") and submit it to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業者は、特別安全衛生改善計画を作成しようとする場合には、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意見を聴かなければならない。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-2 Before preparing a special safety and health improvement plan, an employer must hear the opinion of a labor union consisting of the majority of workers at the workplace, if there is any, or the person representing the majority of workers at the workplace, if there is no labor union consisting of the majority of workers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の事業者及びその労働者は、特別安全衛生改善計画を守らなければならない。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-3 An employer as referred to in paragraph (1) and its workers must observe the special safety and health improvement plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、特別安全衛生改善計画が重大な労働災害の再発の防止を図る上で適切でないと認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事業者に対し、当該特別安全衛生改善計画を変更すべきことを指示することができる。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-4 On finding that a special safety and health improvement plan is not adequate to prevent the recurrence of a serious industrial injury, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may instruct the employer to change the plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項若しくは前項の規定による指示を受けた事業者がその指示に従わなかつた場合又は特別安全衛生改善計画を作成した事業者が当該特別安全衛生改善計画を守つていないと認める場合において、重大な労働災害が再発するおそれがあると認めるときは、当該事業者に対し、重大な労働災害の再発の防止に関し必要な措置をとるべきことを勧告することができる。 art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-5 If an employer that has been instructed as under the provisions of paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph has failed to do as instructed or if an employer that has prepared a special safety and health improvement plan has failed to follow that plan; and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that this is likely to cause a serious industrial injury, the minister may make recommendations to the employer to take the necessary measures to prevent a serious industrial injury. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による勧告を受けた事業者がこれに従わなかつたときは、その旨を公表することができる。 art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-6 If an employer that has received a recommendation under the preceding paragraph has failed to follow this, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may publicize this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-1: この条 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78 - art-78/par-3: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-5: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-5: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-4 - art-78/par-6: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第五項 (Article 78, paragraph (5)), art-78/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-5 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第一項（特別安全衛生改善計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第三項（特別安全衛生改善計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第五項（特別安全衛生改善計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十八条第六項（特別安全衛生改善計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-78/par-6 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十九条第一項（安全衛生改善計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-79/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十九条第二項（安全衛生改善計画） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-79/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第八十条第一項（安全衛生診断） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-80/par-1 --- ## 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