Promotion of Security,
Disaster Prevention and Industrial Health and Safety
Policy and Philosophy
Kumiai believe that industrial health and safety is an important matter that takes precedence over everything else. We conduct our health and safety activities in two main ways, one lead by manufacturing sites and the other by Head Office. At each office, the Health & Safety Committee takes the lead to implement various measures. The Head Office includes the introduction of VR danger experience training, contracts with occupational safety consultants, and joint research on safety with human error researchers and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). In this way, we are promoting companywide industrial health and safety activities through collaboration inside and outside Kumiai.
Health and Safety Management System
In Kumiai, a General Health and Safety Manager is appointed at each office to oversee the following matters.
- Matters related to measures for preventing dangers or health hazards to employees
- Matters related to implementing education for the safety or health of employees
- Matters related to implementing health checkups and other matters related to health management
- Matters related to investigating the cause of occupational accidents and measures for preventing recurrence
- Other matters related to health and safety management
We also established a Health & Safety Committee for increasing the awareness of employees on health and safety, for reflecting feedback from employees, and for promoting activities to improve occupational accident prevention measures and promote health. People are appointed at each office as needed to handle matters related to health and safety including managers, responsible individuals, and industrial physicians.
Initiatives for Preventing Occupational Accidents
Reports on the status of accidents and on measures for preventing recurrence are created and managed within Kumiai.
Number of occupational accidents (New)
| Fiscal Year | Commuting accident |
Work accident | Total | Accidents requiring time off from work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 35 | 49 | 3 |
Examples of New Health and Safety Initiatives
In 2018, a construction project for the new plant for water-dispersible granules at our Tatsuno Factory got underway with collaboration between the manufacturing site and Head Office. The design was repeatedly examined taking safety and the environmental friendliness into consideration. On October 4, 2022, a completion ceremony was held, and a safety diagnosis was conducted the same month prior to the start of operation.
The new plant design was based on the following concepts.
- Saving energy, reducing labor, unmanned operation
- Flexible cleaning of the whole plant
- Smart factory and digital factory
- Streamlining and optimization
Safety measures and risk mitigation were implemented based on these.
To reduce risk exposure for operators during conventional switching work, we made all equipment for the whole process washable. In addition, the spread of dust was reduced while equipment is operating for reducing exposure to operators, and safety measures were implemented to prevent dust explosion.
With regard to risk assessment of equipment and operations, a safety diagnosis (including risk assessment) was conducted prior to acceptance inspection and operation with the cooperation of an outside industrial safety consultant. While implementing such measures, we could identify other risks during operation and make further improvements. We conducted safety diagnosis again in the presence of industrial safety consultants to examine remaining risks.
