These Rules are formulated pursuant to Article 54 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act").

Self-employed workers referred to in Article 2 subparagraph 1, Article 10 Paragraph 2, and Article 51 Paragraph 1 of the Act mean workers who engage in independent work or artistry work for compensation, and who do not employ paid member(s) to help with said work.
Other people engaged in work and directed or supervised by the responsible people in workplaces referred to in Article 2 subparagraph 1 of the Act mean workers who have no employment relationship with the business entity, but engage in work or for the purpose of learning skills or receiving occupational training at such business entity's workplace.

People responsible for the workplace referred to in Article 2 subparagraph 1, Article 18 Paragraph 1, Article 27 Paragraph 1 subparagraph 1, and Article 51 Paragraph 2 of the Act mean employers or people who represent the employer to manage, direct, or supervise workers engaged in labor.

Wages referred to in Article 2 subparagraph 2, Article 18 Paragraph 3, and Article 36 Paragraph 1 of the Act mean compensation laborers received for work; this includes wages, salary, and bonuses, subsidies, and any other regular payment of any form paid for by the hour, by day, by month, by case in the form of cash or actual object.

Place of duty referred to in Article 2 subparagraph 5, Article 36 Paragraph 1, and Article 37 Paragraph 2 of the Act includes the following places:
1.For the duration of the labor contract, the place where the employer assigns laborers to carry out work services to fulfill the terms of the contract.
2.The actual place where self-employed workers engage in work.
3.The actual place where other people engaged in work and directed or supervised by the responsible people in workplaces engage in work.
Workplaces referred to in Article 15 Paragraph 1, Article 17, Article 18 Paragraph 1, Article 23 Paragraph 2, Article 27 Paragraph 1, Article 37 Paragraphs 1 and 3, Article 38, and Article 51 Paragraph 2 of the Act mean within the place of duty, the place where the person who accepts the employer's direction or the interim employer's handling of related laborer affairs can direct and manage.
Job sites referred to in Article 6 Paragraph 1 subparagraph 5, Article 12 Paragraphs 1, 3, and 5, Article 21 Paragraph 1, and Article 29 Paragraph3 of the Act mean places where work for specific purposes takes place within a workplace.

Occupational causes referred to in Article 2 subparagraph 5 of the Act mean all necessary behaviors and the accompanying behaviors at work that have relative cause and effect relations resulting from job activities.

All industries referred to in Article 4 of the Act apply to the stipulations of Standard Industrial Classification of the Republic of China.

Reasonable and feasible scope referred to in Article 5 Paragraph 1 of the Act means the scope where necessary preventive equipment or measures can be taken, in accordance with the Act and related safety and health legislations, guidelines, regulations on practices, or regular social beliefs, when the employer knowingly or may be informed that the work laborers engaged in may harm their lives, bodies and may be hazardous to their health.
Risk assessments referred to in Article 5 Paragraph 2 of the Act are procedures for indentifying, analyzing, and evaluating risks.