SUSTAINABILITY Occupational Health and Safety (Security and Safety Services)

The business that our Group develops is “related-type diversification” originating from industrial gases. Because industrial gases are required to provide a stable supply to society, ensuring safety management systems such as security and disaster prevention is extremely important to fulfill corporate responsibility through business continuity. Furthermore, ensuring worker safety in the workplace and creating a comfortable work environment are prerequisites for human capital management. Accordingly, our Group regards occupational health and safety in all our businesses as a critical management issue, and is promoting initiatives to reduce occupational accidents.

In FY2022, we focused on “pinched or caught in machinery,” “falls,” and “falls from height” and thoroughly enforced the three safety principles (eliminate, isolate, and shut down hazardous sources) set to reduce risks associated with machinery and equipment. For “falls” and “pinched or caught in machinery”, which had a high probability of occurrence in the previous fiscal year, we set June and December as periods for reinforcing activities to eliminate them. Using a check sheet to check the status of implementation of occupational injury prevention measures, we identified and reduced risks such as aisles and work stations where falls are possible.

Also, we held in-house training for key persons in charge of health and safety at each business site to educate them on specific methods to reduce occupational accidents, such as risk assessment methods and documentation of work procedures. For new employees, we provide experiential education through the use of VR and small hands-on equipment to improve their sensitivity to danger. As for group companies that had experienced serious accidents, we regularly inspect accident sites and conduct risk assessments to prevent recurrence.