Occupational Health and Safety Policies, Targets and Plans
Occupational Safety Policy
- Elimination of serious accidents
- Prevention of accidents caused by ignoring risks and human error
- Achieve work with safe procedures and equipment through priority-oriented safety activities based on the Three Reality Principle and line safety management.
■ Occupational Safety Goals and Results
| 2023 Results | 2024 Targets | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Occupational accidents | Serious accidents | All accidents | Serious accidents | All accidents |
| 1) Japan Group employees | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 or less |
| 2) Japan contractor employees | 18 | 0 | 2 or less | |
| 3) Overseas business site employees | 1 | 0 | 1 or less | |
| 2. Traffic accidents | ||||
| Traffic accidents caused by employees resulting in injury or death | 3 | 6 or less | ||
Results on 2023 Initiatives
In addition to continuing to improve the intrinsic safety of its equipment, the Group is focusing on
the prevention of serious accidents by promoting comprehensive inspections and countermeasures
of automated equipment, following up on the comprehensive inspections through safety
patrols, reviewing risks, and providing guidance on countermeasures in response to a serious
accident in 2022 involving an employee caught in equipment. To prevent repetitive accidents, we
take measures with a focus on management aspects and dig deeper into the background factors of each incident. Also, to enhance line management, including improving the skills of management
and supervisory staff, we conduct safety manager training for on-site managers at the time of
selection and we also promote improvement by conducting safety culture diagnoses at core and
other business sites.
There was a decrease in safety-related incidents from 2022 to 2023, but we exceeded our targets
(less than seven accidents for the entire domestic Group and no serious accident), and a total
of 15 accidents occurred including one serious accident. In 2023, we conducted comprehensive
inspections of automated equipment and issued warnings, which led to a decrease in the number
of accidents involving employees becoming caught in equipment from four to two, however, not
only were the insufficient identification and improvement of equipment-related risks, 10 of 15 accidents
occurred due to unsafe procedures and six accidents involved employees aged 50 years or
older (including four accidents that involved time off from work). In addition to further promoting
the intrinsic safety of equipment, countermeasures against human error and age-friendly measures
are necessary. Also, the number of accidents at domestic contractors has increased sharply, from
five to 18, and it is necessary to reinforce safety management at contractors.
2024 Occupational Safety Plan
In 2024, we will further promote the intrinsic safety of equipment and conduct various training
and initiatives to prevent human errors and accidents. We will also raise awareness concerning
age-friendliness as a safety measure to prevent incidents involving older workers.
Through these efforts, we will create a comfortable and safe work environment.
Action Plan for 2024 (Priority Policy)
- Eliminate serious accidents through further promoting the intrinsic safety of equipment (penetration of idea of risk and safety)
● Promote improvements to equipment including automated equipment of which the comprehensive inspections were conducted in 2023
● Spread the concepts of intrinsic safety - Strengthen countermeasures against human error through initiatives to encourage employees act safely
● Improve procedures while strengthening line management
● Develop an environment in which employees think about safety from a first-person perspective with safety leaders trained at the Anzen Dojo as core members - Prevent accidents involving older employees through age-friendly measures
● Educate age friendliness as measures for ensuring the safety of older employees such as physical fitness tests - Enhance risk sensitivity through introduction and deployment of more effective education and training
● Enhance employees’ sensitivity to risk - Prevent frequent accidents by contractors
● Reinforce countermeasures against kitchen and grinder operations, inadequate construction safety plans, etc.
Occupational Health Policy
Ensure a comfortable work environment through measures to improve the work environment and prevent illness
■ Occupational Health Goals and Results
| FY2023 Results | FY2024 Targets | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dust, lead, and specified substances | ||
| 1) Number of Control Class 3 workplaces | ー | 0 (excluding noise) |
| 2) Number of Control Class 2 workplaces | Reduced 11 in 2022 to seven in 2023 | Reduced |
| 2. Noisy workplaces | ||
| Control Class 3 workplaces with a workload value of 1 or more | 4 | 1 or less |
| 3.Employees with work-related ill health | ||
| Number of ill employees (requiring treatment) | 0 | 0 |
| 4.Mental health enhancement | ||
| Detail | Detail |
Results on 2023 Initiatives
In terms of health, we are promoting equipment improvements with the goal of eliminating workplaces
in the Control Class 3. We are also promoting systematic improvement of work environments
to eliminate workplaces in Control Class 2. Based on the health patrol plan formulated by the Safety
& Environment Control Department, we conducted joint patrols with health and safety officers
in the Besshi District, where there is a high concentration of such workplaces, and the health and
safety officers of business divisions provided guidance and followed up on progress in improving
and maintaining work environments at business sites.
As for the health-related targets, we have achieved zero cases of work-related ill health. The
number of Control Class 2 workplaces decreased from the previous year, but the number of Control
Class 3 workplaces increased due to a deterioration of conditions in some workplaces despite progress
made concerning equipment countermeasures and a trend of improvement. We will continue to reinforce management with an ultimate target of reducing both Control Class 2 and 3 workplaces
and create comfortable workplaces with no risk of work-related ill health.
In addition, the partial revision of the Industrial Safety and Health Act in May 2022 resulted in a
major shift in the management of chemical substances from individual regulation to autonomous
management. The Act came fully into effect on April 1, 2024. The Safety & Environment Control
Department will ascertain the status of implementation at each workplace through the health and
safety manager of each business division and will provide guidance on more appropriate management.
2024 Occupational Safety Plan
In 2024, we will collaborate closely with the Safety & Environment Control Center in the Besshi District, where there is a concentrate of worksites that require improvement, and with health and safety personnel in business divisions to reinforce improvement, maintenance, and management of work environments through patrols and sharing of information on improvement technologies to create comfortable work environments.
Action Plan for 2024
- Improve and maintain Control Class 3 workplaces
1. Upgrade management technique level and maintain improvement effect by line management - Improve Control Class 2 workplaces
1. Promote equipment improvement led by top management - Improve and maintain noisy workplaces
1. Equipment improvement led by top management
2. Reduce individual exposure time - Implement secure countermeasures against hazardous chemical substances
1. Ensure the three areas of management in occupational health and safety (working environment management, work management, and health management)
2. For chemical substances, effectively use RA-DB to thoroughly understand the hazards of chemical substances and others and make them well informed
3. Comply with the new chemical substance regulations - Ensure management of work histories subject to special medical examination
