Occupational Safety, Disaster Prevention, Logistics

Our plant is located where the so-called Great Tokai Earthquake is expected to occur. Because we handle chemical substances, we put the utmost focus on safety and disaster prevention. This page shows our various activities to that end.

Occupational Safety

We set forth the policy concerning safety and health shown to the right. Based on this policy, we have worked on various safety activities aiming at zero disasters. These efforts have been widely recognized and we have received awards from the relevant authorities.

Health and Safety Policy

Based on the recognition that securing the health and safety of all workers is the foundation of corporate survival, all workers shall actively participate in the maintenance and improvement of occupational health and safety practice .

Objectives

• No Fire or Explosion Accidents
• No Shut-down Disasters
• No Other Accidents (minor fires, traffic accidents)

Main Efforts

• Elimination of dangerous activities through on-site inspections
• Promotion of TBM/KY 1) activities
• Near-miss Accidents Activities 2)
• Security during maintenance work
• Thorough implementation of 5 Basic Operation Practices 3)

• 1) TBM and KY Activities (toolbox meetings and prevision of danger)
  Prior to the start of operations, workers break up into small groups and try to identify the dangers in their daily work operations and arrangements, in order to plan the procedures for safe work operations. Workers usually held these meetings sitting on their toolboxes, hence the name: TBM (toolbox meetings).
• 2) Near-miss Accidents Activities
  This activity aims to prevent accidents by the collection and disclosure of reports concerning potentially disastrous incidents (near-miss accidents) experienced by workers during their work operations.
• 3 ) 5 Basic Operation Practices
  We ensure that workers implement five basic practices: clearing, tidiness, cleanliness, hygiene, and discipline.

Unfortunately, we suffered shut-down disasters in 2007, the second year in a row.

Subsequently, in order to prevent such disasters reoccurring, we decided to push forward safety activities with particular emphasis on the “elevation of safety awareness” from fiscal 2008. First of all, we fully amended the “Basic Safety Rules” to more concise and easily comprehensive language. All the workers are provided these rules in the form of a mobile card so that their departments can refer and set additional rules to them. Other actions include the promotion of safety checks (both gestures and verbal), putting up signs of safety slogans and other activities, continuously striving to permeate safety awareness throughout the workplace.

• 4) Shutdown Rate
  The safety index represents the incident rate of occupational accidents. It indicates the number of shutdown disaster victims per million labor hours.

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Security and Disaster Prevention

As an operator of chemical plants handling large amounts of chemical substances, we continually conduct activities with the aim of preventing disasters, and we have prepared emergency measures against disasters.

On the other hand, since our plant is located in Fuji City which could be hit by the next Great Tokai Earthquake, we carry out a large-scale earthquake disaster drill once a year. In addition to the disaster drill at the Fuji plant, with the recent occurrence of major earthquakes throughout the nation, we have formulated emergency response plans and conduct company-wide emergency training programs. We will continue to improve our emergency systems, implement various training programs and make our utmost effort to prevent disasters and to minimize the damage if disasters do occur.

As recognition of these efforts, we have received a number of awards as shown in the chart below.

A fire drill at the Fuji Plant

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Logistics Safety Management

We undertake the following activities for distribution companies, to prevent disasters during distribution and to ensure safety.

• We exchange memoranda on transportation, storage, and cargo handling with distributors and provide them with guidance and training.
• We ensure that distributors thoroughly observe our safe distribution rules.
• We require drivers always to carry the “yellow card”*.

• *A card which prescribes appropriate measures to take in case of accident. Transport vehicle drivers are required to carry the card at all times.

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