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- Our Approach / TDK Occupational Health and Safety Charter
- Structure
- Fiscal 2020 Goals and Achievements / Evaluations and Future Activities
- Concrete Activities
Our Approach / TDK Occupational Health and Safety Charter
As the health and safety policy of the Group as a whole, TDK has compiled the TDK Occupational Health and Safety Charter, consisting of the Basic Principle of Occupational Health and Safety and the Occupational Health and Safety Policy with the aim of forming safe and healthy workplace environments. On the basis of this charter, as a basic plan for specific activities, TDK has formulated the Health and Safety Basic Plan, which it strives to implement with the aim of reducing the number of significant labor accidents to zero.
TDK Occupational Health and Safety Charter
TDK occupational health and safety charter applies to every organization in the TDK Group worldwide.
Basic Principle of Occupational Health and Safety
In order for our employees to perform their duties under the best conditions, the TDK Group is committed to occupational health and safety management by working together to ensure a safe and healthy working environment as the primary responsibility of our business.
Occupational Health and Safety Policy
Based on the basic principle of occupational health and safety, the TDK Group shall enhance occupational health and safety actions that will enable the proper response to changes in production patterns, new technology, and working environment, in order to promote "zero" risk in the workplace and prevent job-related injury and ill health with the participation of all employees.
- We shall provide necessary management resources and assure continual improvement in the occupational health and safety management system and related performance which shall be reviewed regularly or as necessary.
- We shall establish voluntary standards for improving our management system to comply with all regulations and other agreements relating to occupational health and safety.
- We shall continuously reduce risks by evaluating risks arising from hazards, setting objectives, and making efforts to minimize risks within the scope of our activities.
- We shall build a framework for achieving the effective functioning of the occupational health and safety management system with clearly defined responsibilities.
- We shall educate and train each level of employee to enhance all employees' comprehension and awareness in making a safe and healthy working environment.
- We shall respect employees' opinions concerning occupational health and safety through effective communication, and provide necessary information and assistance to suppliers and subcontractors about occupational health and safety while they are on TDK premises.
- We shall improve the work environment and assist toward employees' health maintenance and enhancement of employees livelihood by promoting "physical and mental health" as essential elements for employees' wellbeing.
Established July 1, 2003
Revised April 1, 2011 (Rev. 4)
Structure
TDK has set up a promotional structure based on the Occupational Health and Safety Management System headed by the president.
Promotion of Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Believing that continuous activities to reduce risks from hazardous factors in the workplace leads not only to the formation of safe and healthy workplace environments and improvement of work performance and productivity but also to quality stability, TDK has built an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (TDK OHSMS) conforming to ISO 45001:2018, an international standard for occupational health and safety, and is conducting activities accordingly. TDK also takes account of exposure to chemical, biological, and physical pharmaceuticals, heavy work that places a physical burden on workers, and the checking and assessment of the safety of production machinery. In addition, TDK endeavors to conduct activities in conformity with the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), which is partly an international standard for corporate social responsibility. In countries and regions around the world, TDK clearly displays health and safety information within facilities and provides educational training in the native language of employees or a language that they can understand.
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Fiscal 2020 Goals and Achievements / Evaluations and Future Activities
Fiscal 2020 Goal | Achievement |
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To achieve the "ZERO significant labor accident" | Achieved the "ZERO significant labor accident" |
Fiscal 2021 Goal |
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To achieve the "ZERO significant labor accident" |
Evaluations and Future Activities
With the goal of creating safe, healthy working environments, we
are implementing thorough safety measures at facilities to improve
working conditions, establishing basic safety procedures, and
working to reduce risks based on risk assessments. We will also
work to maintain a record of zero significant labor accidents.
In addition, we have appointed safety and health activity
promoters (EHS coordinators) for each region, such as Japan,
China, ASEAN, Europe, and the United States, so that we can
develop safety and health activities which is suitable for the
circumstances of each region. We keep improving the level of
safety and health activities by conducting factory safety tests
and sharing best practices at safety and environment meetings.
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Concrete Activities
Global Deployment of Experience-Type Safety Education
TDK has begun the global deployment of the experience-type safety education based on the concept of “look, listen, and feel” implemented by the TDK Safety Training Center set up at the Nikaho Factory South Site in the Akita district of Japan in 2017. As a forerunner of this initiative, the EHS Training Center was established in 2020 at the factory of TDK Electronics in the Zhuhai Free Trade Zone, one of TDK’s sites in China. The center implements health and safety education for employees and, among other things, has introduced a system enabling simulated accidents using full-body virtual reality. In addition, in response to cases of factory fires recently both in Japan and overseas, the TDK Group carries out fire-prevention inspections globally and is taking steps to reduce the risk of fire.
Employee Health Management (TDK Corporation)
Working to Ensure Good Health
The company considers the health of employees and their families to be a top priority. We recognize the creation of a safe, healthy work environment as a key management issue for enabling employees to carry out their duties under the best working conditions. We will take action to ensure that such an environment is created.
To keep our staff healthy, we not only conduct physical
examinations of employees on a regular basis, we also have
industrial physicians, health maintenance technicians, and
dentists on staff at our major locations, creating an environment
in which employees can address their health concerns and have
dental checkups on an everyday basis. Also, the employee health
insurance union has arranged for an outside service that offers
telephone health consultations 24 hours a day, besides
implementing various initiatives such as the "Health Challenge
Campaign" aimed at supporting lifestyle improvements among
employees.
In the Akita region, the company is implementing a Total Health
Promotion (THP) Plan, mainly through its health management
centers. Through this program, which offers employees health
guidance and exercise programs tailored to their individual needs,
we are boosting awareness of health-related matters, such as the
importance of exercising and leading a healthy lifestyle.
Furthermore, in fiscal 2018 we set up a health management project
promotion committee that is composed of people from the company,
health insurance associations, occupational health workers, and
labor unions. The committee will study various proposals and will
develop activities to promote health.
Mental health care
Besides regular health management, we take an active interest in
mental health issues, a subject that has become a focus of social
concern in recent years. We have implemented a “return to the
workplace support program,” which includes measures to facilitate
rehabilitation and enable a smooth transition for returning
employees. Also, to make counseling more accessible, we have
established mental health consultation centers staffed by
specialists at major locations, and we hold periodic seminars for
employees concerning mental health.
TDK will continue to conduct stress checks and mental health
related training programs for its employees.
As of fiscal 2016, we are conducting stress checks to assess
stress levels of individual employees and to prevent mental health
issues before they have a chance to happen. Through stress checks
and various kinds of training, the goal is to foster a dynamic
workplace where each and every employee is able to deal
effectively with stress.