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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 15 (Persons in charge of safety and health management)

산업안전보건법 제15조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) A business owner shall require a person in actual charge of the general supervision and management of the place of business to supervise and manage the following duties at the place of business:

1. Matters regarding formulating an industrial accident prevention plan for the place of business;

2. Matters regarding preparing and amending safety and health management regulations referred to in Articles 25 and 26;

3. Matters regarding safety and health education referred to in Article 29;

4. Matters regarding inspecting and improving the working environments, including working environment measurement;

5. Matters regarding managing health pursuant to Articles 129 through 132, including health examinations of employees;

6. Matters regarding investigating causes of industrial accidents and formulating measures to prevent recurrence thereof;

7. Matters regarding recording and maintaining statistics on industrial accidents;

8. Mattering regarding ascertaining whether safety devices and protective equipment are proper goods, when they are purchased;

9. Such other matters for preventing any hazard and risk to employees as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(2) A person who supervises and manages the duties prescribed in each subparagraph of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "person in charge of safety and health management") shall direct and supervise safety officers referred to in Article 17 and health officers referred to in Article 18.

(3) The type of business and the number of regular employees at a place of business required to have a person in charge of safety and health management, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

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