Employee Health and Safety
Health and Safety Principle
FANUC considers the health and safety of its employee’s first issue.
- Safety is created through the collective creativity and ingenuity of each individual in each workplace, with the participation of all employees.
- We create a clean, bright and comfortable workplace.
- We promote the mental and physical health of our employees.
Policies
Safety Management Policy
FANUC accurately communicates information to workers on the production site through the team leader. Further, provide work guidance based on work observation results and implement activities to reduce accidents.
Health Management Policy
FANUC establishes a system for autonomously managing chemical substances in compliance with evolving laws and regulations.
FANUC makes known the necessary actions in accordance with the guidelines for hazardous operations (dust, organic solvent, specified chemicals, noise, lead, and radiation).
FANUC places an emphasis on preventing heat strokes during the summer.
Promotion Framework
FANUC has established the FANUC Health and Safety Committee as an organization that mainly discusses and determines company-wide safety and health management policies, related measures and significant issues.
The President and CEO is designated as the person responsible, with the managing officers of each business division and the labor union leader as its members. The Safety & Health Department of the Human Resources Division serves as organizer in coordinating activities for the meetings held twice a year.
In addition, we have established District Health and Safety Committees based on the laws and regulations in four factory districts and five sales office districts for health and safety activities.
Members of each District Health and Safety Committee are nominated by the employer from among its employees, half of whom are nominated based on the recommendation of the labor union.
Each District Health and Safety Committee holds meetings of the Workplace Safety and Health Committee, which is a sub-organization per department, to notify instructions and other matters from the District Safety and Health Committees to each workplace.
Initiatives
Scope of Health and Safety
FANUC has implemented Health and Safety Rules to ensure the health and safety of FANUC Group employees, contract employees and part-time employees, in order to make work smoother and improve productivity.
When employees of contractors and subcontractors perform tasks at FANUC, we do its best to prevent accidents, injuries and health problems from occurring, in conformance with FANUC’s Contractor Safety Management Rules.
Priority Activities for Health and Safety
FANUC has specified six priority activities, and are pursuing our efforts through the establishment of a promotion department, that mainly works together with the Safety Section and each workplace.
We aim to reduce occupational accidents by setting single-year goals regarding safety management.
| Preventing occupational accidents | We will prevent equipment-related accidents by introducing equipment pre-commissioning risk assessment of production equipment when equipment is installed. We will establish a system to provide internal notifications of the cause of each accident and countermeasures taken, with the aim to prevent accidents. |
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| Improving the work environment | We will improve the work environment based on the results of working environment assessment. We will establish and operate an autonomous management system for chemical substances. |
| Health maintenance and promotion | Efforts are being made to eradicate occupational diseases by conducting special health examinations, along with follow-ups of the health examinations results. |
| Preventing fire accidents | Efforts are made to prevent accidents by improving the management of equipment that use fire within the workplace. |
| Preventing cargo handling and transport accidents | Efforts will be made to create a system for preventing forklift accidents. |
| Designated operator system | As an initiative for preventing accidents involving forklifts and floor-operated cranes, a designated operator system will be introduced as an in-house qualification. Under this scheme, only forklift driving license holders who are recognized by the workplace as having skills above a certain standard will be permitted to drive forklifts. |
Equipment Pre-commissioning Safety Inspections
In its equipment pre-commissioning safety inspections of new production equipment, FANUC identifies and assesses risks and conducts risk management related to health and safety. The Production Engineering Department, Manufacturing Department, and Health and Safety Department conduct risk assessments from their respective viewpoints and make determinations of “operable”, “provisionally operable”, or “operation suspended”. For determinations other than “operable”, countermeasures are taken within 30 days, and the equipment in question can be put into operation after it is determined to be safe.
Health and Safety Education
FANUC conducts grade-based and job-based education programs on occupational health and safety. It also conducts safety education for all employees at the time of employment and at times of operational changes.
| Division Heads | Seminar for chief safety and health officer |
|---|---|
| Department Heads | Training at the time of appointment of safety officer |
| Section Heads | Safety and health seminar for section heads |
| Newly appointed team leaders | Supervisor education delivered by specialist institutions Health and safety education by Health and Safety Department |
Number of Employees in Health and Safety Education
In fiscal 2022, FANUC conducted the following education programs.
| Type of Education | Times Held | Number of Participants |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisor education by specialist institutions | 4 | 65 |
| Health and safety education by Health and Safety Department | 7 | 67 |
| Danger prediction training for service personnel | 8 | 76 |
Health and Safety Patrols
With the aim of reducing occupational accidents, FANUC conducts patrols at each of its factories. In addition to patrols by health officer and industrial physician, we have established a system of mutual patrols, in which individual sections patrol the condition of each other's sections.
Based on the results of working environment assessments and special health checkups, we have identified workplaces with noise issues and workplaces that use organic solvents and confirmed the status of operational improvements.
Knowledge and Measures Learned from Occupational Accidents
We investigated the causes of lost-time accidents, eliminated dangerous actions and tasks, and implemented safety measures for both machinery and management. We also strive to prevent occupational accidents by sharing reports of near misses.
Safe Maintenance Work by Service Personnel
As service personnel perform their work alone at the customer's factory, it is important that they are more sensitive toward safety and predict potential risks. Risk prediction training by specialist institutions is provided to the representatives of service locations, who then roll it out in their respective service locations, to improve risk prediction capability.
We also develop maintenance tools for service personnel to achieve safe and efficient maintenance work.
Production and Distribution of Pocket Safety Card
We have produced a pocket-sized card that features FANUC's Three Safety Principles, Six Safety Action Principles, Six Prohibitions, and the FANUC KY Principles, so our employees can check them anytime, anywhere.
In 2020, we revised the Five Safety Action Principles and Five Prohibitions that had previously only been applicable to manufacturing sites, making them Six Principles and Six Prohibitions that cover the entire Company. In this way, we are striving for company-wide occupational health and safety.
Health Management Support for Overseas Expatriates
As a company with many overseas offices, FANUC places a strong emphasis on providing healthcare support for overseas assignees. We offer information about recommended vaccinations in the destination area to overseas assignees and their accompanying family members. The company also covers the associated costs.
- The Health Promotion Center provides information about recommended vaccinations in the destination area for overseas assignees and their accompanying family members, with the company covering the associated costs.
- We monitor the status of employees who undergo annual health checkups and follow up with those who have not yet received their checkups. In addition, the Headquarters’ Health Promotion Center centrally manages the results of medical examinations and offers follow-up services based on those results.
- The company has introduced medical support services (Japanese language support, cashless medical services, emergency assistance services, etc.) to assist employees who may incur significant costs burdens by receiving medical services overseas.
- The Headquarters regularly monitors the working hours of employees who are transferred overseas, and Japanese occupational physicians interview employees who show signs of overwork or other concerns.
Goals/Achievements
Goals
FANUC has established the Health and Safety Committee, with the President and CEO designated as the responsible officer. This Committee sets and monitors annual goals for lost time injury (LTI) frequency rates and intensity rates every year.
Achievements
There were no work-related fatalities of employees, contract employees, and temporary staff at FANUC CORPORATION in fiscal 2022. We have now achieved zero fatalities for more than 3 years.