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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 37 (Installation and affixing of safety and health signs)

산업안전보건법 제37조

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 install or affix signs showing pictures, symbols, letters, etc. (hereafter in this Article referred to as "safety and health signs") to give warning for hazardous or dangerous places, facilities, or materials; to provide instructions and guidance on responding to an emergency; or to offer other information aimed at raising employees’ awareness of safety and health, in a manner that such signs are easily discernible to employees. In such cases, business owners who have employed foreign workers prescribed in Article 2 (including persons prescribed in the proviso of that Article) of the Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers shall make such signs in the native language of such foreign workers, as prescribed by the Minster of Employment and Labor. <Amended on May 26, 2020>

(2) The type, form, color, and usage of safety and health signs; the installation and affixing place thereof; and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

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