Enforcement Rules of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Article 49
This English translation was last updated on 2020-02-27, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-06-26. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Labor inspection agency shall dispatch inspectors in accordance with Article 37 Paragraph 3 of the Act to the business entity's workplaces where accidents causing death or serious injuries occurred, to implement the inspection and investigate the cause of the accident and responsibility. However, other laws that have related inspections, investigations, or identification mechanism on fires, explosions, mining accidents, aviation accidents, sea accidents, earthquake disasters, poisonous chemical substance accidents, radiations, and land traffic accidents, shall not be subject to this restriction.Serious injuries referred to in the preceding Paragraph mean the injured person suffers from serious damage to their limbs or organs, endangers their lives, or causing severe loss to their bodily functions, and must be hospitalized for more than 24 hours.
中文原文 職業安全衛生法施行細則第49條
勞動檢查機構應依本法第三十七條第三項規定，派員對事業單位工作場所發生死亡或重傷之災害，實施檢查，並調查災害原因及責任歸屬。
但其他法律已有火災、爆炸、礦災、空難、海難、震災、毒性化學物質災害、輻射事故及陸上交通事故之相關檢查、調查或鑑定機制者，不在此限。
前項所稱重傷之災害，指造成罹災者肢體或器官嚴重受損，危及生命或造成其身體機能嚴重喪失，且須住院治療連續達二十四小時以上之災害者。
但其他法律已有火災、爆炸、礦災、空難、海難、震災、毒性化學物質災害、輻射事故及陸上交通事故之相關檢查、調查或鑑定機制者，不在此限。
前項所稱重傷之災害，指造成罹災者肢體或器官嚴重受損，危及生命或造成其身體機能嚴重喪失，且須住院治療連續達二十四小時以上之災害者。