(1) A business owner of a place of business with hazardous or dangerous facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree shall prepare a process-safety report and submit it to the Minister of Employment and Labor for review, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, to prevent an accident prescribed by Presidential Decree, which is likely to cause immediate damage to employees in the place of business or to the neighborhood of the place of business, such as the leakage of a dangerous substance from the facilities, fire, or explosion (hereafter in this Article referred to as "serious industrial accident"). In such cases, no relevant hazardous or dangerous facility shall be operated until notification is provided that the content of the process-safety report is appropriate to prevent serious industrial accidents.
(2) In preparing a process-safety report under paragraph (1), a business owner shall undergo deliberation by an occupational safety and health committee; provided, in cases of a place of business where no occupational safety and health committee is established, he or she shall hear the opinions of the representative of employees.