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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 170 (Penalty provisions)

산업안전보건법 제170조

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.

Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for up to one year or by a fine not exceeding 10 million won: <Amended on Mar. 31, 2020>

1. A person who has concealed truth or made a false report intentionally in violation of Article 41(3) ((including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2));

2. Any person who damages a site where a serious accident has occurred or obstructs any investigation into the cause of a serious accident conducted by the Minister of Employment and Labor, in violation of Article 56(3) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2);

3. Any person who conceals the occurrence of an industrial accident in violation of Article 57(1) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2), or who abets or conspires with another person to conceal such occurrence;

4. Any person who violates Article 65(1), 80(1), (2), and (4), 85(2) and (3), 92(1), 141(4), or 162;

5. Any person who violates an order issued under Article 85(4) or 92(2);

6. Any person who obstructs or refuses an investigation, collection, or a performance test prescribed in Article 101.

7. Any person who permits any third person to perform any duty as an instructor using his or her name or the name of his or her office, or lends his or her qualification certificate or registration certificate to any third person, in violation of Article 153(1);

8. Any person who performs any duty as an instructor using another instructor's name or the name of his or her office, borrows the qualification certificate or registration certificate, or arranges such lending, in violation of Article 153(2).

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