Occupational Health and Safety Policy for FY3/2025

  1. Basic Policy

    Based on the philosophy that ensuring the health and safety of workers is the basis of a company's operation, Rengo fosters a corporate culture putting health and safety as the topmost priority through cooperation between labor and management. At the same time, we remove potential hazards and risk factors from the workplace, and eliminate industrial accidents to create healthy and safe workplaces.

  2. Goal

    Eliminate accidents

  3. Safety Spirit

    Overconfidence is the enemy

  4. Slogan

    Change your actions with awareness. Your actions change others’ awareness. Together, we create a safe workplace.

  5. Priority Actions

    (1) Promotion of Six Priority Items for Disaster Prevention

    Taking into account recent accident occurrences and legal requirements, we will address the following six items as priority actions.

    1. Promoting inherent safety to prevent entanglement and crushing by machinery and equipment
    2. Establishing rules for the operation of lockout/tagout tags
    3. Creating a safe and inclusive work environment for senior employees
    4. Advancing heatstroke prevention education for younger employees (teenagers and those in their 20s)
    5. Reinforcing exposure prevention measures for hazardous chemicals
    6. Strengthening fall prevention around steps and uneven surfaces

    (2) Enhancement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System

    In the operation of the occupational health and safety management system, efforts will be made to strengthen the following initiatives. At the division, business unit, and block levels, safety and health patrols will be conducted to confirm the operational status, including the following items, and to encourage improvements when issues or deficiencies are identified.

    1. Actively engage in the identification of major hazards, including those associated with troubleshooting, repairs, inspections, and other non-routine operations. Especially for infrequently performed tasks, identify hazards before starting work and implement necessary safety measures before carrying out the task.
    2. Share information on major hazards through the safety and health subcommittees at each division and plant/mill, and in each workplace, ensure that all workers are made aware of the major hazards relevant to their own workplace.
    3. For hazards that are difficult to eliminate or mitigate, clearly specify the rules, work procedures, and precautions necessary for safe operations in work standards and other relevant documentation.
    4. When performing work involving major hazards, provide prior training to ensure that workers have acquired the correct work procedures before beginning the task.
    • *1Major hazards: Operations or hazardous locations that could lead to serious accidents.
    • *2Serious accidents: Severe incidents such as death, vegetative state, total blindness, or amputation of limbs, in which the victim is unable to perform their original duties or is significantly restricted from doing so.