Employee Safety

Basic Approach to Employee Safety

We strive to create a safe and healthy work environment where all employees can be satisfied and engaged in their work. An important responsibility for any company should be to create an environment where employees with a diverse background can work in a healthy and rewarding way, maximize their individual abilities, and grow while working hard together with respect for all. This also is the starting point for growth.

Industrial Safety and Health Policy

Basic Philosophy

We are committed to maintaining a sound working environment that engages all employees to promote safety and health in the workplace, which we believe is an important principle of a successful business.

Action Plan Guidelines

• We observe all government regulations as well as company and specific work rules that pertain to industrial safety and health.
• We aim to achieve zero industrial accidents by accurately identifying hazardous and harmful factors through near-miss incidents and risk assessments, and by promoting activities to reduce the risks of such hazards.
• We are committed to continued learning to enhance knowledge, awareness and activities related to industrial safety and health.
• We maintain and promote mental health in all personnel by facilitating healthy and constructive communication in the workplace.
• We keep all personnel informed and actively engaged in maintaining the highest standards of industrial safety and health.

Occupational Health and Safety Promotion System

Initiatives to Ensure Safety in the Workplace

We regard accidents at any of our work locations as a crucial issue. Nagase Viita therefore conducts training based on the occupational safety plan we formulate each year with the aim of enabling our employees to acquire the knowledge and skills they require. Through these activities, we are working to foster a culture of safety throughout the whole Company to create an accident-free workplace.

Safety Training

◇ Training Topics

• Sharing of disaster case studies based on past cases throughout the whole Company
• Sharing of disaster information among the NAGASE Group manufacturing companies
• Workplace inspections and legal training by occupational health and safety consultants
• Workplace inspections and workplace improvements by industrial physicians
• Standardization and company-wide rollout of inspection record format
• Disaster prevention awareness activities conducted by Area Health and Safety Committees
• Talk given by local fire department
• Heat stroke prevention seminar
• Risk assessment case study training
• Sharing of near misses, close calls, and concerns, review of past accident cases, and thorough implementation of risk prediction

Traffic Safety Initiatives

At Nagase Viita, we are committed to preventing the devastating impact that traffic accidents can have on family life, while also ensuring the continuity of our business operations. Therefore, we have set the critical target of zero at-fault traffic accidents for our employees. We send out timely information and conduct training that covers daily safe driving tips based on the traffic safety plan and practices we formulate each year.

Traffic Safety Initiatives

◇ Participation in various events

• The 200-Day Challenge— No Accidents, No Violations
• Smart Commute in Okayama prefecture
• Prefectural traffic safety campaigns, etc.

◇ Working with other organizations

• Training carried out by police officers from local police stations with jurisdiction over our business locations
• Hands-on traffic safety training carried out by local police
• Traffic safety seminars conducted for new employees by JAF and traffic schools

◇ Maintaining equipment on company vehicles

• Installation of drive recorders in all company vehicles
• Installation of alcohol detectors at all business sites
• Introduction of a digital alcohol check recording system for company vehicles at sales offices

◇ Sending out timely information and promoting awareness activities

• Sending out information and conducting awareness activities by the health and safety committees in each area
• Company-wide rollout and internal notices with bulletins and information on traffic hazard areas, etc.

In fiscal 2024 and beyond, we will continue to create an environment where employees can work safely.

Awards

• Received traffic safety outstanding group awards in fiscal 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2023 under the auspices of the local police department, Okayama Prefectural Police Department, Chugoku and Shikoku Regional Police Bureaus, and traffic safety associations
• Smart Commute Okayama Campaign
  • Received Okayama District Grand Prize in 2021
  • GOOD ROUTE in 2022 (Video interview about our initiatives published online)
  • Received the Grand Prize, the highest award in the 2023 (fourth time overall)