Anwendungsbereich des Regulatory Essentials
Geltende Rechtsvorschriften:
The Occupational Health and Safety Act describes safety maesures and certification for dangerous machinery includuing equipment for use in explosive atmospheres.
Article 38 (Safety Measures)
(1) A business owner shall take measures necessary to prevent industrial accidents caused by any of the following dangers:
1. Dangers caused by machinery, apparatus, or other equipment;
2. Dangers caused by explosive, combustible, or inflammable substances, etc.;
3. Dangers caused by electricity, heat, or other energy.
Article 84 (Safety Certification)
(1) A person who manufactures or imports (including those who install or relocate machinery, etc. subject to safety certification prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor or who makes any major structural alteration thereof; hereafter in this Article and Articles 85 through 87, the same shall apply) any hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc., prescribed by Presidential Decree as potentially causing risk to the safety and health of employees (hereinafter referred to as "machinery, etc. subject to safety certification") shall obtain safety certification granted by the Minister of Employment and Labor as to whether they meet the safety certification standards.
Article 85 (Safety Certification Marks)
Article 86 (Revocation of Safety Certification)
Article 87 (Prohibition on Manufacturing Machinery Subject to Safety Certification)
Article 88 (Safety Certification Institutions)
Article 74 (Machines, etc. Subject to Safety Certification) (1) “Those prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 84 (1) of the Act refer to any of the following items (Note: Article 84 describes the Product Safety certification)
1) machinery or equipment
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2) A protective device falling under any of the following items
(a) Protective devices of presses and shearing machines;
(b) Overload limiters for lifting machines;
(c) Safety pressure valves on boilers;
(d) Safety pressure valves on pressure vessels;
(e) Rupture disks for releasing pressure from pressure vessels;
(f) Insulation devices and tools for live-wire operations;
(g) Explosion-proof electric machines, tools and parts;
(h) Temporary equipment and materials for preventing hazards, such as crashing, falling, and collapse, and protecting people from such hazards, as determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor;
(i) An industrial protective robot necessary to prevent dangers such as collisions and strictures, as determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor;
3) Personal protective equipment (listed)
The specific types, specifications, and models of machinery, etc. subject to safety certification shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
Chapter 6 - Measures for Hazardous and Dangerous Machines, etc.
Section 1 - Protective measures for harmful or dangerous machines, etc.
Section 2 - Safety Certification
Section 3 - Reporting of autonomous safety confirmation
Section 4 - Safety Inspection
Section 5 - Investigation and support of hazardous and dangerous machinery, etc.