An umbilical member handling structure for an industrial robot includes a first wrist element arranged rotatably at a forward end of a forearm, a second wrist element arranged rotatably at a forward end of the first wrist element, a working tool arranged at a forward end of the second wrist element, an umbilical member connected to the working tool and arranged along the first wrist element and the second wrist element, a flexible tabular guide member having a first end fixed on the second wrist element and a second end constituting a free end extended in a curve along the first wrist element and the second wrist element in the direction from the second element toward the first wrist element to guide the umbilical member between the first end and the second end, a displacement limiting member mounted at the second end of the flexible tabular guide member to limit the range of displacement of the second end, mainly in a thickness direction of the flexible tabular guide member, and an insertion member arranged near the second end of the flexible tabular guide member on the forearm to have inserted thereinto the umbilical member guided by the flexible tabular guide member.