Cargando…
Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points regarding the organization of safety and health management
The Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act was first enacted in 1972. The purpose of this Act is to secure the safety and health of workers in the workplace, as well as to facilitate the establishment of a comfortable work environment. To fulfill these purposes, the Industrial Safety and Health A...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32389937 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2020-0016 |
_version_ | 1783594415169732608 |
---|---|
author | OJIMA, Jun |
author_facet | OJIMA, Jun |
author_sort | OJIMA, Jun |
collection | PubMed |
description | The Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act was first enacted in 1972. The purpose of this Act is to secure the safety and health of workers in the workplace, as well as to facilitate the establishment of a comfortable work environment. To fulfill these purposes, the Industrial Safety and Health Act aims to clarify the responsibility system in the workplace and to promote proactive efforts by both employers and employees to maintain safety and health in the workplace. Specifically, it is expected that occupational accidents will be prevented by obligating employers to appoint safety and health personnel in accordance with the Act. In this paper, I introduce the features and key points of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, especially in relation to Chapter 3 (Articles 10–19), which provides for the organization of the safety and health management system. In addition, I describe recent amendments to the Act. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7557416 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-75574162020-10-15 Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points regarding the organization of safety and health management OJIMA, Jun Ind Health Country Report The Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act was first enacted in 1972. The purpose of this Act is to secure the safety and health of workers in the workplace, as well as to facilitate the establishment of a comfortable work environment. To fulfill these purposes, the Industrial Safety and Health Act aims to clarify the responsibility system in the workplace and to promote proactive efforts by both employers and employees to maintain safety and health in the workplace. Specifically, it is expected that occupational accidents will be prevented by obligating employers to appoint safety and health personnel in accordance with the Act. In this paper, I introduce the features and key points of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, especially in relation to Chapter 3 (Articles 10–19), which provides for the organization of the safety and health management system. In addition, I describe recent amendments to the Act. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2020-05-09 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7557416/ /pubmed/32389937 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2020-0016 Text en ©2020 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Country Report OJIMA, Jun Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points regarding the organization of safety and health management |
title | Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points
regarding the organization of safety and health management |
title_full | Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points
regarding the organization of safety and health management |
title_fullStr | Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points
regarding the organization of safety and health management |
title_full_unstemmed | Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points
regarding the organization of safety and health management |
title_short | Features of the Japanese Industrial Safety and Health Act: some key points
regarding the organization of safety and health management |
title_sort | features of the japanese industrial safety and health act: some key points
regarding the organization of safety and health management |
topic | Country Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32389937 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2020-0016 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT ojimajun featuresofthejapaneseindustrialsafetyandhealthactsomekeypointsregardingtheorganizationofsafetyandhealthmanagement |