사내하도급근로자의 안전에 대한 도급인의 책임에 관한 고찰

The Study on the Responsibilities of the Prime-contractor for the Safety of the In-house Subcontract Worker

The in-house subcontractor is performing the business by providing only labor force of his employees without his own production facilities or production equipment. The in-house subcontractor is poor fiscal and management skills to prevent his employees from safety accidents. Therefore, the in-house subcontract worker is exposed to the safety accidents and they are less protected than ordinary worker. The prime-contractor provides his working places, facilities, equipment, etc to the in-house subcontract worker and gets the benefit through in-house subcontract. However, the prime-contractor is not responsible for the in-house subcontract worker’s safety accidents. The obligation of prime-contractor on health and safety for workers under in-house subcontract is limited at present. Labor law and Occupational Safety and Health Act(OSHA) exception for some articles is not applied to the prime-contractor because the prime-contractor doesn t directly employ the employees. Then, some have criticized that the prime-contractor has transfer the danger of the work related injuries to the in-house subcontract worker. It requires the prime-contractor using the service of the in-house subcontract worker in their establishments to undertake the responsibility for providing a safe and healthful workplace. This explores the prime-contractor s legal responsibility for the in-house subcontract worker’s safety accidents, that is, the safe care obligations in the contract, the safety and health measures obligations for contracted projects in the OSHA, the liability of torts(article 750), the employer s liability(article 756), the liability of person who ordered work to be done(article 757), the liability of possessor(article 758) in the Civil Law.