(1) Where the Minister of Employment and Labor deems it necessary to take comprehensive improvement measures for preventing industrial accidents regarding any of the following places of business, he or she may order the relevant business owner to formulate and implement a safety and health improvement plan regarding the place of business, facilities, and other matters (hereinafter referred to as "safety and health improvement plan"), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. In such cases, the Minister of Employment and Labor may order the business owners of places of business prescribed by Presidential Decree to formulate and implement a safety and health improvement plan after undergoing a safety and health checkup referred to in Article 47:
1. A place of business with an industrial accident rate exceeding the average industrial accident rate based upon scale of the same business;
2. A place of business at which a serious accident occurs because its business owner fails to implement necessary safety or health measures;
3. A place of business where the number of persons with occupational diseases exceeds the number prescribed by Presidential Decree;
4. A place of business which exceeds the exposure limit to hazardous factors prescribed in Article 106.
(2) When a business owner formulates a safety and health improvement plan, he or she 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.