Japan
1. Japanese Experience in Improving
Occupational Safety and Health:
Key OSH Milestones
Industrial Safety and Health Department
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Introduction c. Provision of the OSHMS guidelines in 1999 and
the regularization of risk assessment in 2006
There were three key OSH milestones in the
development of the national OSH system in Japan: These milestones marked the turning points in Japan’s
a. Launch of the Industrial Accidents Prevention OSH performances as illustrated in Figure 10.
Programme in 1958
b. Establishment of the Industrial Safety and Health
Act in 1972