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ConstraintPhysical automation2017-04-01
Japan requires a trained supervisor, named by the employer, to decide the method and directly direct the assembly and stripping of formwork shoring
Carpenter / joineroccupation page →
Event date / reported
2017-04-01
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Formwork for concrete
Building and stripping the temporary moulds that concrete is poured into.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Japan. The safety ordinance says employers must appoint, from people who have completed the skills course, a chief for the assembly and dismantling of formwork shoring, the temporary structure that holds slab and beam forms while concrete is poured; the chief must decide the working method, directly direct the work and inspect materials and tools for defects. The quoted articles read the same in every version e-Gov holds from 1 April 2017; their last amendment is earlier and could not be read there. Shoring only; it says nothing about who builds the forms themselves.
What this means
In Japan, how formwork shoring goes up and comes down is legally decided and directed on site by a named, trained person.
What it does not yet show
A safety-supervision rule in one country; it is not evidence about whether machines could build forms.
What you can check
Open the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health on e-Gov, go to Article 247, and find 「作業の方法を決定し、作業を直接指揮すること」.
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
e-Gov 法令検索 — 労働安全衛生規則(昭和四十七年労働省令第三十二号)第二百四十六条・第二百四十七条(労働安全衛生法施行令第六条第十四号に基づく) · verified 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent)
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