# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第八十八条 (Article 88)

- 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: 第八十八条 (Article 88)（計画の届出等） — address `art-88`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八十八条（計画の届出等） — (Notification of Plans)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、機械等で、危険若しくは有害な作業を必要とするもの、危険な場所において使用するもの又は危険若しくは健康障害を防止するため使用するもののうち、厚生労働省令で定めるものを設置し、若しくは移転し、又はこれらの主要構造部分を変更しようとするときは、その計画を当該工事の開始の日の三十日前までに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、労働基準監督署長に届け出なければならない。ただし、第二十八条の二第一項に規定する措置その他の厚生労働省令で定める措置を講じているものとして、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより労働基準監督署長が認定した事業者については、この限りでない。
<sup>art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-1</sup>
Before seeking to install or move machinery or other such equipment that necessitates dangerous or hazardous work operations is used in a dangerous place, or is used to prevent the endangerment of a person or impairment of a person's health, and that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or before seeking to alter the main structural part of such machinery or other such equipment, an employer must file a notification of the plan with the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, no later than 30 days prior to the date of commencement of that work; provided, however, that this does not apply to an employer that the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices certifies, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, as one that has taken the measures, such as the measure provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 28-2, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  事業者は、建設業に属する事業の仕事のうち重大な労働災害を生ずるおそれがある特に大規模な仕事で、厚生労働省令で定めるものを開始しようとするときは、その計画を当該仕事の開始の日の三十日前までに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-2</sup>
When seeking to commence a large-scale job involved in a business undertaking categorized as the construction industry that could cause a serious industrial injury and that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an employer must file a notification of the plan with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, no later than 30 days prior to the date of commencement of the job.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  事業者は、建設業その他政令で定める業種に属する事業の仕事（建設業に属する事業にあつては、前項の厚生労働省令で定める仕事を除く。）で、厚生労働省令で定めるものを開始しようとするときは、その計画を当該仕事の開始の日の十四日前までに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、労働基準監督署長に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-3</sup>
When seeking to commence a job of a business belonging to the construction industry or another industry specified by Cabinet Order (in the case of a business belonging to the construction industry, excluding the jobs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the preceding paragraph) that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an employer must file a notification of the plan with the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, no later than 14 days prior to the date of commencement of the job.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  事業者は、第一項の規定による届出に係る工事のうち厚生労働省令で定める工事の計画、第二項の厚生労働省令で定める仕事の計画又は前項の規定による届出に係る仕事のうち厚生労働省令で定める仕事の計画を作成するときは、当該工事に係る建設物若しくは機械等又は当該仕事から生ずる労働災害の防止を図るため、厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者を参画させなければならない。
<sup>art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-4</sup>
When drawing up the construction work plan specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare among the construction work requiring notification under the provisions of paragraph (1), a job plan specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in paragraph (2) or a job plan specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare among the jobs requiring the filing of a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an employer must have persons who have the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare participate in the planning in order to prevent industrial injuries from arising due to constructions, machineries or other such equipments relating to that construction work or that job.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  前三項の規定（前項の規定のうち、第一項の規定による届出に係る部分を除く。）は、当該仕事が数次の請負契約によつて行われる場合において、当該仕事を自ら行う発注者がいるときは当該発注者以外の事業者、当該仕事を自ら行う発注者がいないときは元請負人以外の事業者については、適用しない。
<sup>art-88/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-5</sup>
In a case that a proposed job is to be carried out based on multiple levels of contracts, the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs (excluding the part concerning the notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) among the provisions of the preceding paragraphs) do not apply to employers other than the original orderer that directly carries out the job if there is such an original orderer, and they do not apply to employers other than the principal contractor if there is no original orderer directly carrying out the job.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第六項**  労働基準監督署長は第一項又は第三項の規定による届出があつた場合において、厚生労働大臣は第二項の規定による届出があつた場合において、それぞれ当該届出に係る事項がこの法律又はこれに基づく命令の規定に違反すると認めるときは、当該届出をした事業者に対し、その届出に係る工事若しくは仕事の開始を差し止め、又は当該計画を変更すべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-88/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-6</sup>
If the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices, in respect of a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) that has been filed therewith, or if the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, in respect of a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) that has been filed therewith, finds that a particular to which the relevant notification pertains violates this Act or an order under this Act, the chief or minister with which the notification has been filed may issue an injunction against the employer that filed the notification to stop the employer from commencing the construction or job to which the notification pertains, or may order the employer filing the notification to alter the relevant plan.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第七項**  厚生労働大臣又は労働基準監督署長は、前項の規定による命令（第二項又は第三項の規定による届出をした事業者に対するものに限る。）をした場合において、必要があると認めるときは、当該命令に係る仕事の発注者（当該仕事を自ら行う者を除く。）に対し、労働災害の防止に関する事項について必要な勧告又は要請を行うことができる。
<sup>art-88/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-7</sup>
Having issued an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to an order issued to an employer that has filed a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3)), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices, on finding it to be necessary to do so, may issue the necessary recommendations or requests regarding particulars that concern the prevention of industrial injuries to the original orderer (other than an original orderer that directly carries out the job) of the job to which that order pertains..
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-88/par-1: 第二十八条の二第一項 → 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-88/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-2
- art-88/par-4: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-1
- art-88/par-4: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-2
- art-88/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第三項 (Article 88, paragraph (3)), art-88/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-3
- art-88/par-5: 前三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-2
- art-88/par-5: 前三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第三項 (Article 88, paragraph (3)), art-88/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-3
- art-88/par-5: 前三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第四項 (Article 88, paragraph (4)), art-88/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-4
- art-88/par-5: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-1
- art-88/par-6: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-1
- art-88/par-6: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第三項 (Article 88, paragraph (3)), art-88/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-3
- art-88/par-6: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-2
- art-88/par-7: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第六項 (Article 88, paragraph (6)), art-88/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-6
- art-88/par-7: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-2
- art-88/par-7: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第三項 (Article 88, paragraph (3)), art-88/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第三項（計画の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第四項（計画の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第五項（計画の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-5
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第六項（計画の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-6
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十八条第七項（計画の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-88/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-88/par-7
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十九条第一項（厚生労働大臣の審査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-89/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十九条の二第一項（都道府県労働局長の審査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-89-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-89-2/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-2
- 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

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T182624-005, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
