Occupational Safety and Labor Hygiene / Disaster Prevention Measures
Occupational Safety and Labor Hygiene
To ensure that all employees feel safe, secure, and comfortable at work, we educate them on the basics of safety and labor hygiene when they join the company, and raise awareness about occupational safety and labor hygiene for everyone. We regularly measure the working environment (noise, dust, organic solvents, heat stroke index) according to the characteristics of each site, and strive to maintain the comfort of the work environment. Furthermore, during “National Safety Week” and “National Occupational Health Week”, we raise awareness of safety and health through in-house contests for safety slogans, training sessions by industrial physicians, and safety lectures by police chiefs.
Safety training
Tip-over prevention measures
Safety and Disaster Prevention Initiatives
Each site has established action guidelines to cope with disasters. The guidelines assumes various situations such as spillage of hazardous substances due to an earthquake and /or factory fires, etc., and regularly conducts emergency response drills along with employee training sessions.
- Action guidelines for responding to earthquakes
In order to prepare for major earthquakes, we have established “Action Guidelines for Responding to Earthquakes” for all employees to ensure that basic policy and action standards in the event of disasters are fully understood and observed. Each site has prepared them own “Disaster Prevention Manual” which gives more specific and detailed instructions on how to act during emergencies. - Employee safety confirmation system
In order to prepare as part of our Business Continuity Plan (BCP), for emergencies we have introduced an “Employee Safety Confirmation System” that can promptly and accurately confirm the safety of all employees including those of domestic group companies. We regularly conduct operational training. - Initial response checklist
We have prepared and operated an “Initial Response Checklist” to promptly secure the safety of visitors, employees, and company equipment.
Activities to Prevent Workrelated Accidents
We conduct safety education (foreman education, low-voltage electricity, free grinding wheels, asbestos work, and full harnesses) as required by laws and regulations by in-house lecturers, and safety experience workshops to improve risk awareness. In addition, employees and cooperative companies jointly hold safety events and disaster prevention councils on a regular basis, and carry out activities to prevent workrelared accidents.
Emergency Drills
In anticipation of earthquakes of an intensity of 6 and the occurrence of fires, the Sagamihara Factory conducted disaster preparedness drills.
The drills covered initial response, calling 119 to report an emergency, evacuation, and firefighting. In addition to mock firefighting drills by the in-house fire brigade, we conduct leak-prevention drills in workplaces handling hazardous or toxic materials. These exercises allow us to annually verify the effectiveness of our environmental protection and disaster response system.
Assuming the occurrence of tsunamis and fires caused by a Nankai megathrust earthquake, the Hosoe Factory conducted evacuation and firefighting drills based on the roles of each group. We also conduct workplacelevel mock drills to prepare for oil and chemical leaks caused by equipment fires and earthquakes, and are strengthening our disaster preparedness by confirming and reviewing the response procedures. The Head Office conducted comprehensive firefighting drills in anticipation of fires after earthquakes and also offered practical experience in lifesaving using Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training kits.
Emergency Drills
Lifesaving experience
Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies
We have distributed disaster preparedness helmets at the Head Office and each factory, branch, and business office. Each employee stores their own helmet, such as by hanging it on a hook next to their desk, so they can put it on quickly in the event of an earthquake, fire, etc. In preparation for emergencies, helmets are always available for visitors in the reception office as well. Furthermore, we have deployed AEDs at all our locations to prepare a response system for emergencies involving employees, visitors, or local residents. Branches conduct AED operation training during “National Safety Week,” and the Head Office regularly conducts emergency life-saving drills with the assistance of the local fire department to enable quick and appropriate responses.
Improving the Workplace Through the Distribution of Health Information and Heatstroke Countermeasures
We distribute information on how to make use of medical examination results, mental health, seasonal countermeasures, and other information on our intranet, in rest areas, and in other places and design it to catch the eye of employees. In the summer, we emphasize heatstroke countermeasures. In factory divisions where work under high temperatures occurs, we implement measures appropriate for the location, such as WBGT (heat stress index) monitoring, utilization of health check sheets, introduction of work clothes made from cooling fabrics, and establishment of a response flow for the outbreak of illness. Throughout the entire company, we are making progress with building a workplace environment that emphasizes the guarantee of safety, such as by distributing information through our intranet and providing beverages to deal with heatstroke.
