Health and Safety

The Whole Company Policy

• Prevent health hazards and promote healthy practices
• Create a safe and comfortable working environment

Goals

• Perform 100% of legally mandated health checks
• Prevent new cases of extended leave caused by injury and illness
• Reduce rate of health findings
• Zero workplace accidents

Activities and Results (Including Goals)

Status

The THK Group pursues various initiatives to reduce labor accidents to zero. Among these are regular meetings of the Health and Safety Committee, health and safety training and near-miss prevention activities, meetings to review changes to laws and regulations conducted by an external expert, traffic safety activities, and workplace patrols conducted by health managers and industrial physicians. For example, the Kofu plant and THK NIIGATA have invited suppliers to conduct trainings on forklift safety and the proper handling of grinding wheels, respectively, and the THK INTECHS Sendai plant has held on-site classes at a local driving school to help prevent accidents on snowy roads. Despite these efforts, we had 26 labor accidents (5 that were lost-time accidents and 21 that were not). Meanwhile, we have expanded the scope of regular physical examinations, making medical and cancer screenings available, and begun a new initiative that allows employees to see a doctor for designated health consultations during work hours.

Facilities with Health and Safety Certifications

-ISO45001

-Recognized as Silver-Rank Company for Excellence in Health Promotion by the National Federation of Health Insurance Societies Tokyo Federation:
TALK SYSTEM

-Recognized as Yamanashi Company with Excellence in Health Management:
Kofu Plant

-Kurumin Certification:
THK RHYTHM

Chemical and Hazardous Material Handling

In the interest of strengthening our chemical handling structure in keeping with partial amendments to the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health and other regulations, THK conducted a review of its chemical handling rules and an overall review of its chemical risk assessment rules in accordance with the amended laws and regulations. This has resulted in even stronger chemical handling management at each production facility than existed previously.

Responding to Employee Needs (Providing Protective Equipment and Ensuring Safety of Machines and Equipment)

We provide all protective equipment required for production operations (such as safety glasses, ear plugs, dust masks, and cut-resistant gloves). Furthermore, safety fences are put in place to ensure safety where automated equipment has been installed.

Incident and Severity Rates

Efforts at Each Facility

Awards