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Regarding workers' safety and health, it has been regulated based on the Labor Standards Act in the past. However, due to trends such as the enlargement of disasters following industrial development, the increase in occupational diseases, and frequent accidents in small and medium-sized enterprises, it became difficult to respond efficiently with the previous regulatory method that focused on securing minimum standards. Accordingly, the Industrial Safety and Health Act was enacted in 1981 with the purpose of establishing standards for industrial safety and health, clarifying the locus of responsibility to prevent industrial accidents, and creating a pleasant work environment to maintain and promote workers' safety and health. This law can be called the basic law for industrial safety and health. This law consists of 9 chapters, starting from the general provisions that define the purpose and definitions, including safety and health management system, safety and health management regulations, hazardous risk prevention measures, workers' health management, supervision and orders, industrial accident prevention fund, supplementary provisions, and penal provisions. As subordinate regulations, there are the enforcement decree and enforcement rules of the same law, rules on industrial safety standards, rules on industrial health standards, etc., and exemplary rules, notices, directives, etc., to implement them.