Safety and health
Creation of a workplace which is disciplined but has a comfortable and friendly atmosphere with the company, business partners, and group companies working with a sense of unity
We strive to create a disciplined but comfortable and friendly workplace atmosphere through open communications, enhanced education programs on safety and health, and support for the safety activities of group companies and our business partners. Our safety and health policy applies not only to our company but also to our affiliated partner companies.Reducing disaster risks to zero
We make a risk assessment when planning a new project and regularly conduct safety and risk assessment for existing projects, to prevent accidents and reduce risks. We also seek for greater safety of equipment even when such equipment is essentially safe, and take countermeasures against human error. We also actively promote use of IT in safety measures, such as checking worker location data via GPS, safety surveillance cameras, and helmet-mounted cameras. We conduct analysis of actual accidents for prevention of similar accidents and make known effective examples of accident-preventive measures.Acquisition of third-party certification
Nippon Steel's 12 steelworks and offices acquired the ISO (JIS Q) 45001 Health and Safety certification (published in March 2018) as of April 2023.
We target to acquire the certification for all our steelworks and offices.
年度 | 地域 |
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FY2019 | Kansai Works Wakayama Area |
FY2020 | Amagasaki Area and Osaka Area of Kansai Works; Nagoya Works; Kyushu Works Oita Area; East Nippon Works Kashima Area |
FY2021 | Naoetsu Area and Kimitsu Area of East Nippon Works, North Nippon Works Muroran Area, Setouchi Works Hirohata Area |
FY2022 | North Nippon Works Kamaishi Area, Kyushu Works Yawata Area |
Kashima Area’s ISO (JIS Q)
45001 Health and Safety certification
Making work and workplace environments more comfortable and improving the physical and mental health of our employees
Regarding health management, besides improving healthcare counseling for employees, we make efforts for early detection and appropriate actions in the area of mental health. As to measures against asbestos, we have taken steps in accordance with laws and regulations, and completed the shift from asbestos to alternatives, except for those areas without the risk of exposure, by the end of fiscal 2009. Moreover, we offer consultation services to our current and former employees so that they can discuss their health concerns and deal with asbestos issues in an appropriate manner. As we are developing business in Thailand, Vietnam, India, and other countries, we proactively deal with global health issues such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, for employees who are located or are newly assigned in these countries and for their families, through immunization, seminars and other measures. We will continue to appropriately respond to health issues.Safety Promotion Committee and Safety & Health Committee
Initiatives to deal with risk management and other issues related to labor safety & health risk management (i.e., ascertaining progress status of horizontal development of safety initiatives for abolishing similar disasters) are led by the Safety Promotion Committee chaired by an executive officer in charge of labor safety. The Committee regularly reports to the Board of Directors which supervises its activities. The Safety & Health Committee, participants of which include representatives of the labor union and each workplace, has a scope of its activities in all offices and works. Representatives from the management team, including officers in charge of safety & health, and from the labor union, meet regularly to exchange opinions. Through such dialogues between management and labor, we seek to ensure the safer labor environment.Safety & health targets and achievements
As a result of continuous execution of these measures, safety improved in fiscal 2022. There were 5 accidents for Nippon Steel's employees1 and 16 for employees of subcontracting companies (including zero fatal accident for Nippon Steel and one in subcontracting companies) The accident frequency rate was 0.11 (compared to Japan's steel industry average of 0.98) and the accident severity rate was 0.04 (vs. 0.26). We will continue to strive for a safe work environment with the safety wellness targets for fiscal 2023 that are zero fatalities/severe accidents and less than 0.10 as the accident frequency rate.
1: Nippon Steel’s employees include seconded employees as well as temporary and part-time workers, and those dispatched to Nippon Steel.
2: JISF “afety Management Overview, 2023”
3: World Steel Association, Safety and health 2022 metrics report