Basic Concept
Safety and health management is the basis of all activities and is an important corporate foundation and corporate value itself.
Fujikura Group The management and all employees of business will place the highest priority on safety in carrying out our activities, and will work to realize a safe and comfortable work environment and to promote the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health.
Fujikura Group Basic Principles for Safety and Health
- We will comply with legal and other requirements regarding health and safety.
- We will set specific safety and health targets, implement and evaluate them, and work toward continuous improvement.
- We will implement risk assessments in all unit and work to reduce risks.
- We will promote the maintenance and improvement of mental and physical health, and support the creation of a workplace environment in which Fujikura employee can work with enthusiasm and health Fujikura employee.
- We will allocate necessary resources and work to continually improve our occupational health and safety management system through employee consultation and participation.
Safety and health activity promotion system
Fujikura Group safety and health activities are supervised by Board of Directors' Meeting, overseen by Director, President and CEO, and led by Environment, Health and Safety Management Center, which is strengthening group governance and improving the level of safety and health management.The Fujikura Group is working to improve safety and health management across the entire group, and to align the direction of these activities, messages from top management are conveyed, disaster information and other information is shared, and the Fujikura Group Safety and Health Conference is held twice a year as an opportunity for safety and health managers from each base to hold discussions.
establishment of "Safety Pledge Day"
In response to a serious accident that occurred at a domestic related company in April 2016, Fujikura Group establishment Fujikura employee pledge their strong commitment to safety and to "never let a serious accident happen again." Every year on the same day, the Fujikura Group Fujikura Group distributes "Safety Pledge Day" (a message from the president) to all group companies both in Japan and overseas, and by reciting the "Safety Pledge," we hope to pass on the story of this incident and ensure it is not forgotten.
Safety Pledge
- We will never let the same disaster happen again!
- We put safety first in everything we do!
- We will create an accident-free workplace for our colleagues and their families!
Safety and Health Activity Slogan
Fujikura Group sets a new slogan for its safety and health activities every year and works to continuously improve the workplace environment and maintain and promote physical and mental health. In fiscal 2025, the slogan will be "Let's all share near misses and prevent dangers that did not lead to accidents," and top management has issued a message calling for the implementation of key safety and health measures at each base.
Health and Safety Initiatives
Inherent safety and risk assessment
In health and safety management, proactive activities such as risk assessments are considered important for reducing workplace accidents. Since 2016, we have been conducting risk assessments using a common method across Fujikura Group, including overseas locations. This has become a unified approach, regardless of business content or the size of our bases. For identified risks, we implement risk reduction activities based on the concept of intrinsic safety. We also manage and analyze all risks in a database system, which we use to promote risk reduction activities. The number of risks, which initially numbered just over 33,000, has increased by approximately 51% to just under 50,000 as of the end of March 2025 (including those that have become tolerable). We are also seeing an increasing number of cases where initially underestimated risks have been reassessed, leading to the recognition of the need for risk reduction and improvements.
We will continue to strengthen our efforts to identify potential risks without slowing down our activities, and will continue to promote these efforts with the ultimate goal of "reducing all risks to a tolerable level."
Utilizing the Occupational Safety and Health Management System
We have been operating an OHSMS (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) since fiscal 2010, and in fiscal 2022 we obtained certification for the Occupational Health and Safety Management System standard (ISO45001-2018) within a framework that integrates our head office and each business site. The certification applies not only to Fujikura employee, but also to all related parties who enter and leave each business site (non-regular employees, contractors, customers, service providers, etc.). We are effectively incorporating the requirements of the standard into operational improvements and efficiency in each business, and are utilizing the management system to ensure continuous improvement in order to build and foster a mutually enlightened safety culture in which all Fujikura employee can proactively point out each other's dangerous behavior.
*OHSMS: Occupational Health and Safety Management System
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Other major activities
group companies For the purpose of confirming the safety and health management activities of bases and the status of identified risks, as well as providing various types of guidance, the Environment, Health and Safety Control Center conducts regular safety and health inspections at all domestic and overseas bases. In relation to this, in order to grasp the activities at each site without omission, we have set up a system to collect necessary information at each site side by side by using the Environment, Health and Safety survey form. This Environment, Health and Safety survey form has been made more effective by updating the questions every year, and is also effectively used for health and safety patrols. We have been trying to prevent recurrence and similar accidents by sharing accident cases. In recent years, the number of accidents has been decreasing significantly due in part to the effects of the essential safety application, and we are also making efforts to share information on near-misses.
In addition, to foster a culture of safety, we are developing activities to raise the safety awareness of all employees at Fujikura and Group companies and to improve their competence. Hazard simulation training is said to be highly effective in improving sensitivity to danger, and by sending portable equipment to each Group site, a total of more than 8,000 employees will have taken the training by FY2024, making it an effective means of education.
Various initiatives to strengthen disaster prevention and countermeasures
Group Crisis Response/Disaster Prevention Review Meeting
The purpose of the meeting is to report, discuss and conduct training regarding Fujikura Group 's disaster countermeasures and crisis preparations.
Formulating Fujikura Group Disaster Prevention guideline
With the aim of strengthening countermeasures against natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons at each of Fujikura's business locations and group companies, we have formulated the Fujikura Group Disaster Prevention guideline, which stipulate rules and procedures for advance measures and for responding immediately after a disaster occurs (initial response).
Headquarters Disaster Prevention Headquarters Training
This training is being conducted with the aim of confirming and verifying whether the disaster system will function effectively by conducting an actual simulation of the action procedures of each team of the Headquarters Disaster Response Headquarters, which is responsible for activities such as ensuring the safety of human lives and preventing secondary disasters at the Headquarters in the event of an earthquake directly beneath the capital. The training begins with the assembly of each team member of the Headquarters after the earthquake occurs, and after each team member quickly assembles and quickly prepares the equipment necessary for the headquarters' functions, the headquarters is then established. By each team member actually carrying out the procedures expected in the event of a disaster, such as the individual procedures according to their role, the headquarters members confirm and learn their own roles and procedures.
At headquarters, information is collected on Fujikura employee safety, the status of buildings and infrastructure, surrounding traffic conditions, etc., and participants experience the difficulty and importance of organizing information through the consideration of countermeasures for various problems that arise, and issues for future improvement are identified. After the training is completed, the issues and points of reflection raised by each group, as well as areas for improvement for the next time, are shared and reflected in improvements to individual procedure manuals.
Disaster prevention training
As part of disaster prevention measures for the entire Fujikura Group, evacuation drills are conducted at the Head Office, Sakura business, Suzuka business and other locations, assuming major earthquakes such as a major Nankai Trough earthquake or an earthquake directly beneath the capital, in an effort to raise disaster prevention awareness.
Safety confirmation system and carrying a portable disaster prevention card
Fujikura believes that "each and every Fujikura employee is an important asset of Fujikura Group, irreplaceable by anything." Based on this belief, Fujikura is implementing various disaster prevention and mitigation measures in preparation for major natural disasters, such as the predicted Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake and the Tokyo metropolitan area earthquake, which are expected to occur in the near future. Examples of these efforts include a safety confirmation system and portable disaster prevention cards.
Safety confirmation system
Fujikura has had a safety confirmation system in place to confirm the safety of Fujikura employee and their families in the event of a disaster since 2010. Information collected through this system is promptly reported to top management and used in BCP.
Portable disaster prevention card
Fujikura distributes disaster prevention cards to all Fujikura employee to protect themselves from major disasters such as earthquakes. The cards contain information such as actions to take in the event of a major earthquake (by affected area), a disaster prevention checklist, and how to respond to the safety confirmation system.