We strive to create a safe, secure, and comfortable working environment based on the basic principle of protecting the health and safety of all our employees and our Health and Safety Management Standards. In line with Japanese laws and regulations, we have established an occupational health and safety management system and are fostering a safety-first corporate culture through the active participation of all employees.
Policy
To prevent industrial accidents and illnesses, we formulated Health and Safety Management Standards, which are the standards necessary for the management of safety and health. We are working to promote the safety and health of employees and to create a comfortable working environment. We are implementing our health and safety action policy to fulfill our social responsibility of ensuring safe operations and creating a safe, secure, and comfortable workplace that protects the lives and well-being of our employees. By encouraging active participation in health and safety initiatives, we aim to drive the Company’s sustainable growth.
Management Structure
Based on our Health and Safety Management Standards, we have established a management structure in which the Central Health and Safety Committee, headed by a director appointed by the President, oversees the entire Company. The Central Health and Safety Committee meets four times a year. It receives reports on matters discussed at the monthly meetings of the health and safety committees of the Fujisawa, Ashikaga, Shiga, and Oita plants, the quarterly meetings of the health and safety committees of the Eastern and Western Japan sales offices, and the monthly meetings of the Health Committee at the Tokyo Head Office. The Committee investigates key occupational health and safety issues, sets policies and targets, and submits recommendations directly to the President. Group companies share information on serious occupational accidents and preventive measures to strengthen accident prevention across the entire Group. Equipment safety is managed through two committees. The Equipment Safety Sub-Committee (convened irregularly by the Sub-committee Chair) under the Central Health and Safety Committee discusses safety certification criteria for production equipment, testing instruments, transportation equipment, etc., at all plants. This promotes the improvement and standardization of those criteria. In addition, the Equipment Safety Certification Committee (under the health and safety committee at each plant) conducts safety reviews and certifications of equipment based on those safety certification criteria.
Risk Assessment
Domestic Group companies identify hazards and harms related to “equipment,” “chemical substances,” “work environments,” “work procedures,” and “other operations” at each plant to reduce occupational health and safety risks. Based on those findings, they implement activities to reduce risks. These activities are reported to the Central Health and Safety Committee on a quarterly basis.
The Domestic Group is actively working to reduce risks associated with chemical substances by continuously promoting hazard classification and risk assessment of the chemicals used, aiming to minimize potential harm.
Conducting Safety Patrols
As part of our efforts to enhance safety activities, supervisors at our plants have been conducting safety patrols twice a day since FY2024. In addition, workplace inspections by the Plant Health and Safety Committee are conducted at Fujisawa, Shiga, Oita, and Ashikaga. Safety inspections by officers in management are conducted once a year at the four sites.
Efforts are made to address aspects that have been identified as posing occupational safety and health risks during these inspections, and the status of those efforts is reported to the Central Health and Safety Committee. These patrols and inspections help to further enhance workplace safety and foster an awareness of safety.
Eliminating Industrial Accidents
The Oiles Group strives to eliminate industrial accidents under the slogan “Zero Industrial Accidents.”
We comply with all relevant occupational safety and health laws and regulations while striving to enhance management standards. When an industrial accident occurs, we promptly identify the cause, formulate preventive measures, and share them across all sites to drive Company-wide accident elimination efforts.
To prevent health hazards, we have introduced semiautomated wrapping equipment (stretch film wrapping machines) at work sites where pallets are wrapped to prevent cargo from shifting, and we have installed ventilation systems in work sites where formaldehyde is generated.
The Internal Audit Dept. conducts internal audits to assess compliance with laws and regulations and the effectiveness of measures to prevent industrial accidents at each plant. These audits are done annually at key sites and Group companies and every three years at other locations, and results are reported to the President. The Internal Audit Dept. notifies a plant of any issues identified during an audit and requires the plant to take corrective action. It also verifies the status of improvements.
Status of Industrial Accidents
There were 12 industrial accidents at the Company in FY2024. Industrial accidents tended to involve contusions and lacerations caused by being caught in equipment, so measures were devised to prevent their occurrence and recurrence, operating procedures were revised, and safety alerts were issued. Group companies are also working to prevent industrial accidents through their respective health and safety committees, and information on accidents occurring within the Oiles Group is shared by the Environmental Health & Safety Office. As a measure to prevent the recurrence of an industrial accident that occurred at the Fujisawa Plant in the previous fiscal year, we reviewed operating procedures and strictly enforced the wearing of safety helmets.
Health and Safety Training
We provide occupational health and safety training to employees at each of our plants, including as part of new employee onboarding programs.
The skills training center provides safety training with simulated hazard lessons (27 participants, 100% attendance rate) as part of skills training for new employees, and each workplace offers safety training to newly hired and newly assigned employees. We provide safety training by position level and encourage members of health and safety committees and managers to acquire qualifications through national examinations, including those related to the Industrial Safety and Health Act.
