Occupational Health and Safety / Accident Prevention

Our Group has established the “Sustainability Promotion Committee” chaired by the President. This committee determines health and safety policies along with important measures for preventing disasters and accidents, and based on these, rolls out health and safety activities across the entire company.
What is more, in October 2019 we enacted our uniform, company-wide Safety Philosophy: Safety is the First Priority of All and our three Safety Action Guidelines to promote the complete elimination of deaths and serious accidents.
Each of our business sites makes efforts closely in tune with the needs of individual workplaces within a company-wide framework and under an accountability structure involving the managers of business sites. At its monthly meetings, the Health and Safety Committee inspects health and safety management activities, ensures thorough compliance with relevant laws and ordinances, and considers capital investments to realize risk reduction, among other actions.
In 2009, our Group’s plants and main subsidiaries in Japan began pursuing ISO 45000 accreditation, followed by our Group’s overseas subsidiaries from 2010. Today, a total of 25 business sites have received accreditation, including six business sites and three subsidiaries in Japan and 16 subsidiaries overseas.

We carry out measures to reduce the risks posed by machinery and chemical substances in order to ensure safety on sites where these are used. At the same time, we conduct hazard prediction training as well as initiatives, such as “pointing and calling” and making proposals for reducing near-miss accidents. We have introduced “Safety Gyms” at each production plant to allow employees to learn about the fundamentals of safety. They are able to improve their safety consciousness and learn hazard prediction skills and risk identification skills.

Health and safety activities in which plant managers take the lead and act as role models form the basis for specialized safety education for managers, education on laws and regulations for mid-level employees, and hands-on education for new employees regarding safety. In addition, we make efforts to disclose disaster and accident information, and to share information in a timely manner through the use of our Safety Portal Site, which was set up online to be accessible by every employee. In addition, education has been implemented at all business sites by creating videos that outline our approach to Safety Philosophy and Safety Action Guidelines.

The graph below shows the overall frequency rate and severity rate^*1 of occupational accidents including those occurring at subsidiaries worldwide.

The frequency rate and severity rate increased slightly due to one occupational accident resulting in lost workdays in Japan and overseas.

The graph below shows the number of employees injured as a result of occupational accidents at our company as well as subsidiaries in Japan. In 2022, there was only one occupational accident not resulting in lost workdays that occurred at a subcontractor. In 2022, there were no cases of disasters resulting in deaths, injuries requiring 6 months or more for recovery, or injuries resulting in permanent disabilities.

The graph below shows the number of employees injured as a result of occupational accidents at our overseas subsidiaries. In 2022, there were no occupational accidents that occurred at a subcontractor. In 2022, there were no cases of disasters resulting in deaths or injuries resulting in permanent disabilities, but there was one case of injury requiring 6 months or more for recovery.

Occupational accidents overseas categorized by type are shown in the graph below. We will prepare safety educational materials in multiple languages (English, Chinese), make progress in spreading awareness among all employees through use of videos outlining our Safety Action Guidelines, and aim to raise awareness of safety to the same level as in Japan. In the event of an accident, risk assessment and corrective measures are conducted based on the results of investigations into the cause, and efforts are made to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents.