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 centered around Environment, Health and Safety Management Center, which is working to strengthen group governance and raise the level of safety and health management.
establishment of "Safety Pledge Day"
In response to a serious accident that occurred at a domestic related company in April 2016, we designated April 11th, the day the accident occurred, as Fujikura Group 's "Safety Pledge Day" and establishment the following "Safety Pledge" as a day for all Fujikura Group Fujikura employee to pledge their strong commitment to safety and to "never let a serious accident happen again." Every year on the same day, we distribute "Safety Pledge Day" (a message from the president) to all Fujikura Group group companies both in Japan and overseas, and by reciting the "Safety Pledge," we will ensure that this incident is not forgotten and will be passed down.
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!
Inherent safety and risk assessment
In health and safety management, proactive activities such as risk assessment are considered important for reducing workplace accidents. Since 2016, risk assessment activities have been conducted using a common method across Fujikura Group, including overseas, and have been established as a unified activity regardless of the business content or size of the base. For the risks identified, risk reduction activities are implemented based on the concept of intrinsic safety. In addition, all risks are managed and analyzed in a database system and used to promote risk reduction activities. The number of risks, which was just over 33,000 at the time of the start of the collection, has increased by approximately 58% to just under 52,000 (including those that have become tolerable risks) as of the end of March 2024, and there are also an increasing number of cases where the need for risk reduction has been recognized and improvements have been made as a result of reevaluating risks that were initially estimated to be low.
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 the OHSMS (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) since 2010, and in 2022, we obtained certification for the Occupational Health and Safety Management System standard (ISO45001-2018) in a framework that integrates our head office and each business location. The target audience is not only Fujikura employee, but also all related parties (non-regular employees, contractors, customers, service providers, etc.) who enter and leave each business location. We are using the management system to effectively incorporate the requirements of the standard into the improvement and efficiency of each business, and to build and foster a mutually enlightened safety culture in which all Fujikura employee can actively point out each other's dangerous behavior, so that continuous improvement can be made.
*OHSMS: Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Safety and Health Activity Slogan
Fujikura Group sets out a new slogan for its safety and health activities every year and is committed to continuous improvement activities aimed at creating a good working environment and maintaining and promoting good physical and mental health.
Health and Safety Initiatives
Main Activities
group companies For the purpose of confirming the safety and health management activities of bases, the status of identified risks, and providing various types of guidance, the Environment, Health and Safety Control Center conducts regular safety and health inspections of all bases in Japan and overseas. In order to ensure that activities at each site are fully understood, we have initiated a system to collect information on the status of compliance with laws and regulations using the Environment, Health and Safety survey form, which is also effectively utilized for safety and health patrols.
We are also developing activities to raise the safety awareness and competence of all employees at Fujikura and Group companies in order to foster a culture of safety.
Fujikura Group In order to align the direction of these activities, messages are conveyed from top management, various information is shared, including information on accidents, and a "Fujikura Group Health and Safety Meeting" is held twice a year as an opportunity for discussions among health and safety managers at each site. The meeting is held twice a year as an opportunity for safety and health managers at each site to discuss issues.
Disaster prevention activities
Basic Philosophy and policy
Fujikura Group establishment the Fujikura Group business Continuity Policy in March 2012. Based on this policy, we have also establishment the Fujikura Group business Continuity Basic Plan and Headquarters Function business Continuity Plan.
The Fujikura Group Business Continuity Policy
Fujikura Group will practice business continuity management in accordance with the following principles in order to continue business even in the event of an emergency, fulfill its social responsibilities as a company, and ensure a stable supply of products and services.
- We will prioritize protecting the lives and safety of our group Fujikura employee and their families.
- Fujikura Group will work together to respond
- Take advance preparations to protect assets essential for business continuity
- Contributing to society through the continuation of business that supports social infrastructure
- Fulfilling our responsibilities in the global supply chain
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.
Headquarters Disaster Prevention Headquarters Training
This training is conducted to verify and verify whether the system will function effectively in the event of a disaster by simulating the action procedures of each team at the Head Office Disaster Response Headquarters, which is responsible for activities such as ensuring the safety of lives and preventing secondary disasters at the head office in the event of an earthquake directly beneath the capital.
The training starts with the assembly of each team member of the headquarters after the earthquake occurs, and they quickly assemble, quickly prepare the equipment necessary for headquarters functions, and set up the headquarters. By actually carrying out procedures expected in the event of a disaster, such as individual procedures according to each team member's role, the headquarters members confirm and learn their own roles and procedures.
At headquarters, participants will collect information on Fujikura employee safety, the condition of buildings and infrastructure, surrounding traffic conditions, etc., and by examining countermeasures to various problems that arise, they will experience the difficulty and importance of organizing information and identify issues for future improvement.
After the training is completed, the issues and reflections raised by each group, as well as areas for improvement for the next time, are shared and used to improve individual procedure manuals.
Disaster prevention training
As part of disaster prevention measures, the entire Fujikura Group conducts evacuation drills in various locations, simulating a major earthquake such as one directly beneath the capital, and strives 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 and cannot be replaced by anything else." Based on this belief, Fujikura is taking various steps to prevent and reduce disasters in the event of a major natural disaster, such as the predicted Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake and the Tokyo metropolitan area earthquake. Examples of these steps 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.