CSR Policy
- All employees will independently take part in activities to improve the level of health and safety based on our basic philosophy of “safety takes the priority over everything”
- We will prevent accidents at work and will support the health of our employees
Progress of Activities
Following is the status of activities in the area of occupational safety in FY 2017, and the plan for FY 2018.
FY 2017 Results
| Key safety measures |
Tasks |
Indicator |
Evaluation |
Main Results |
| Raising the company-wide safety level |
Strengthen cross-initiatives by region |
Frequency rate 0.9 or less |
B |
0.91 |
| Severity rate 0.02 or less |
C |
0.64 |
| Strengthening of safety education in subsidiaries outside Japan |
Confirm continuous implementation and follow-up through visits to Japan
for education and on-site education |
7 times |
A |
8 times (4 visits to Japan for education, and 4 on-site education sessions) |
FY 2018 Initiatives and Goals
| Raising the company-wide safety level |
Strengthen cross-initiatives by region |
|
Frequency rate 0.9 or less |
| Severity rate 0.02 or less |
| Strengthening of safety education in subsidiaries outside Japan |
Strengthen maintenance education |
|
Cut in half the incidence of accidents at the time of repairs |
Focus Measures
Towards the elimination of accidents at work
Safe Environment Personnel Council
As a safety initiative of the DOWA Group, those responsible in the environmental and safety department, operating companies and technical support companies gather and hold a "Safety Environment Personnel Council" at the head office every month.
With regards to understanding the situation for the most recent accidents and disasters that occurred, identifying the cause of the occurrence at the site where the accident or disaster occurred and measures to prevent recurrence, we confirm the facts, analyze and view what led up to the cause, discuss whether concrete emergency and permanent measures are sufficient, and give feedback.
In addition, we share disaster cases, and promote initiatives for prevention at each business site.
For the details discussed at the Safety Environment Personnel Council and the decisions made about measures and such, the people who are responsible disseminate it to each operating subsidiary through the office organizations, and aim to share information.
Function of the Safety Environment Personnel Council
- Development of company-wide safety policies, and notification and communication about decisions
- Confirmation and analysis of facts in accident disaster reports, confirmation of measures, feedback and applying to similar things
- Promotion and discussion of company-wide activities
- Sharing and mutual support for the activities of each company
Local check visits
In the event of accidents or disasters, those responsible in the environmental and safety department, operating companies and technical support companies visit the business site, and confirm the cause and facts and measures to prevent recurrence at the site where it occurred.
In addition, they revisit business sites where accidents and disasters had occurred in the past, and check the effectiveness of measures to prevent recurrence.
For incidents where good examples were announced at risk assessment or safety conferences, and Safety Awards, they also check the actual site.
Following FY 2016, in FY 2017 we conducted safety audits at 43 business sites in Japan and overseas, especially confirming the safety management system, procedure manual, related equipment, and relevant emergency response, and giving corrective guidance to sites that were insufficient.
Major activities involving local visits in FY 2017
- Safety audits
- Local interviews and checks
- Cross patrol
- Safety education
- Safety conferences
- Response to accidents
- Evaluator training for OHS law observance
- Compliance seminars
- District safety conferences
- Safety inspection tours
* OHS (Occupational health and safety)
Local patrol at a compliance seminar
Checking a good example (lockout & tagout)
Checking the accident occurrence status at a Thai subsidiary
