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Approach to Safety
Aiming to Establish a Culture of Safety
Mikio Asano
Executive Vice President
Safety and Health
Management General
Supervisor
Safety assurance is fundamental to a company's continued existence. Toyota Tsusho is undertaking efforts regarding safety management at workplaces as well as at operational companies and suppliers.
Although there were no major accidents in fiscal 2010, we renewed and reaffirmed safety awareness among all personnel and rebuilt the framework for safety management based on safety and emergency declarations issued in August 2008.
We work to boost safety awareness among all Toyota Tsusho Group employees. Measures include sharing information on accidents and disasters through the Safety Committee, holding Safety Conventions for "Zero Accident" Team members in each product division and convening occupational health and safety committee meetings with Group companies. At the same time, Toyota Tsusho is actively engaged in human resources development using Practical Safety Workshops and a safety education DVD, with the aim of training personnel to anticipate potential hazards.
In addition, Toyota Tsusho is building a safety management system by changing the mindset of management and developing facilities that exclude potential hazards based on plant safety diagnoses and risk assessments at production sites in Japan and overseas.
Further, we are working to guarantee safety when developing businesses by verifying safety management systems and methods for construction work and facilities when preparing new business project proposals.
Through these safety activities, we intend to create a corporate culture in which employees act voluntarily to ensure "Zero Workplace Accidents" and accident prevention in all Toyota Tsusho Group business operations.
We ask for your guidance and support in these efforts.
Principle
The Toyota Tsusho Group recognizes that from the perspective of corporate ethics, the safety and health of employees represents the foundation of all its business activities as a company.
With this in mind, we undertake safety- and health-related activities that are intricately woven into our business activities to ensure a safe and comfortable working environment for our employees.
Toyota Tsusho Group's Policies on Safety and Health
- Recognizing that good communications are paramount for ensuring safety and health, top management places a high premium on dialogue with employees.
- While strictly adhering to relevant safety and health laws and the internal workplace business rules and procedures of our customers, we have established our own essential autonomous standards, as we work to raise the level of our safety and health management.
- We utilize occupational safety and health management systems and work to continually improve and maintain these systems as we aim to raise safety and health levels.
- To promote safety and health activities at all companies throughout the Toyota Tsusho Group, we will establish the necessary organizations and structures and clarify the locations of responsibilities.
- To progress with the creation of comfortable and healthy workplaces, we will provide all employees with sufficient and necessary education for ensuring their safety and health.
June 23, 2011
Jun Karube, President
Initiatives Overseen by Top Management
"Zero Accident" Team members play the main role in conducting safety management for Group companies and the business operations for which they are responsible with oversight by top management from each business division.
"Zero Accident" Room
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Practical Safety Workshop
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OSH-NET
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Initiatives Undertaken by the Toyota Tsusho Group Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) Promotion Committee
Activity Policies
- Create a culture of safety
- Conduct risk assessments
- Give appropriate directives regarding work operations and conduct timely meetings to raise risk awareness
Activities Undertaken during Fiscal 2010
- Created a culture of safety
- Displayed and declared "safety policies"issued by top management.
- Top management practiced inspirational leadership and all employees participated in safety activities.
- Strengthened governance: Installed safety gates and full-length mirrors.
- Increased awareness of safety measures and ability to predict danger.
- Conducted risk assessments
- Standardized risk assessment method
- Expanded standardized risk assessment method to domestic and overseas production sites.
- Implemented essential safety measures formulated based on the results of risk assessments.
- Ensured appropriate directives regarding work operations and conducted meetings to raise risk awareness
- Ensured close liaison and coordination between relevant parties.
- Enhanced the capabilities of site management supervisors.
- Prepared a "Work Operations Procedures Manual" detailing the essential points of safety for foreseeable instances where it is necessary to take extraordinary measures.
Work Stoppage Rate
The number of accidents occurring when people are walking on site has increased; therefore, attention has been drawn toward the potential walking hazards of stairs.
Activities for Safety Management
Safety Management Initiatives at Group Companies Worldwide
Plant inspections, diagnoses and risk assessments are performed at Toyota Tsusho business sites around the world. Issues are identified and countermeasures implemented based on the results, thereby being proactive in ensuring safety.
Approach to Safety Management in Business Investments
As the ordering party of construction of new facilities and expansion of existing facilities in Japan and overseas for which we bear managerial responsibility, we fulfill our duty to take safety into consideration and conduct pre-investigations at the planning stage. The aims are to create a safety management system and to ascertain whether measures to ensure safety have been taken, with the goal of promoting zero accidents and zero disasters during construction at sites.
Safety and Health Cooperation Council Activities
We have established safety and health cooperation councils with the support of our suppliers and subcontractors for construction performed at client sites and delivery, and are working to prevent accidents and disasters. Safety Conventions and workshops are held to encourage safety management practices and boost safety awareness.
Safety Education
The management of on-site safety starts with "human resources development." We train instructors for safety education internally and implement regular safety training not only for Toyota Tsusho and its Group company employees but also for suppliers as well. We are working to improve knowledge of safety as a prerequisite for training upon appointment as a safety manager for "Zero Accident" Team members of respective product divisions. We are also continuing to train staff around the world on safety management during construction, manufacturing and delivery to make it relevant to different types of work environments.
In fiscal 2010, we created a safety education DVD using the actual site of a Group company as an example. We have distributed this DVD to business units in Japan and overseas to expand safety assurance activities on a global scale.
Practical Safety Workshops aim to deepen understanding of safety through experiencing hazardous situations in the workplace for employees of Toyota Tsusho and its Group companies.
Educational and Training Content and Targets
| New Employees | Mid-level Employees | Managers | Executives | |
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| Education and training content | Education and training for new employees | Training upon appointment as a safety manager | Training for top-level executives | |
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| Supervisory foreman education | ||||
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| Education for persons responsible for construction | ||||
| Education for persons responsible for work operations | ||||
| Education for persons responsible for work operations at high elevations | ||||
| Education on prevention of electrical shock | ||||
Securing certified instructors
| Instructors for "Training upon appointment as a safety manager" | 3 |
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| RST trainers | 10 |
| Specialist instructors for all Toyota Tsusho personnel responsible for work operations | 12 |
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Human Resources Development
In order to create a culture of safety, we have positioned the education of human resources who can promote safety related activities at sites in Japan and overseas as a priority challenge. Efforts concerning human resources development are being undertaken from the perspectives of organization, education and practices.
Changes in Safety Promotional Activities and Future Initiatives
Toyota Tsusho has consistently engaged in accident and disaster prevention activities since the Safety Management Office was established in April 1980. We have been active in creating a culture of safety through the Environment & Safety Management Department, which was reorganized into the Safety Management Department in July 2007.
We will continue to conduct risk assessments and take action to prevent accidents to build a workplace with "zero accidents" and "zero danger" in the future as well.
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