Social Safety and Health

At Nihon Parkerizing, we proactively establish a comfortable work environment, believing that improving the workplace environment is essential for employees to perform their duties comfortably. In addition, all employees and related parties, including subcontractors, engage in safety activities together to achieve zero accidents.

Health and Safety Policy

1. The Nihon Parkerizing Group will place the highest priority on the safety and health of all of its employees. It will be committed to providing a safe and secure work environment and promoting mental and physical health.
2. The Nihon Parkerizing Group will take appropriate preventive measures for health and safety and strive for continuous improvement.
3. The Nihon Parkerizing Group will comply with all laws and regulations regarding health and safety.

Health and Safety Management

At Nihon Parkerizing, we have incorporated safety and health management into the environmental management system (ISO14001: 2015) and operate it as an integrated Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System. We have also incorporated a risk assessment mechanism into the management system to achieve sustainable growth. We identify risks and take countermeasures against them to prevent occupational accidents.

The Central Safety, Health, and Environment Committee meets twice yearly to review management under the ISO 14001 standard. Management, labor union executives, and others attend the meetings and discuss various issues.

* We have yet to obtain OHSAS 18001 (now known as ISO 45001) certification.

Initiatives

• Initiatives implemented by the Workplace Safety, Health, and Environment Committees
  Under the provisions of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, Nihon Parkerizing has established Workplace Safety, Health, and Environment Committees at all of its business sites, and each committee carries out activities every month. Targeting all employees of each business site, the committees study and deliberate measures to prevent occupational accidents and health hazards and matters related to health risks and promote specific measures.

• Risk management initiatives
  We use a variety of chemical substances in our product business, from research and development to pharmaceutical shipments. To ensure that our employees handle these substances properly and safely, we manage risks such as the hazardous properties of each chemical substance and accidents that may occur in plant operations. The items and procedures necessary to manage these risks are specifically defined in the Health, Safety, and Environment Manual and other company standards.
• Examples of risk assessments
  • Health and safety risk assessment
    Based on the Health, Safety, and Environment Manual, we identify risks such as hazardous work to prevent serious accidents. We assess each risk (assessment criteria: seriousness of the outcome, frequency of unsafe behavior, and safety measures against unsafe behaviors), and take cross-sectional steps internally according to the risk level. We check the status of the implementation of risk assessments through internal audit.
  • Implementation of KYT (hazard prediction training)
    In order to improve the ability to predict hazards, we conduct workplace discussions using illustrations and hands-on training.
  • Work hazard assessment and risk assessment
    Beginning with office safety inspections, we investigate actual work hazards and implement risk reduction by suspending work, automating, etc.
  • Safety education and training
    To help employees acquire the knowledge and skills to ensure process safety, we conduct a variety of safety education programs tailored to the job roles of each layer of the workforce.
  • Chemical substance risk assessment
    We have introduced a system that allows us to assess the risk of hazardous chemical substances and take measures to reduce the risk. We share the results of this risk assessment throughout the company.

Labor Standards Act Violations

The Nihon Parkerizing Group is committed to strict compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and responds appropriately and in a timely manner to any amendments to such laws and regulations.
In the event of labor violations, we promptly investigate and take appropriate corrective measures. In addition, education and training are conducted to prevent recurrence, and employees are thoroughly informed. In this way, we strive to maintain a healthy work environment.

From FY2021 to FY2023 (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024), there were no administrative penalties for violations of laws and regulations.

Occupational Accident Frequency Rate and Severity Rate

Nihon Parkerizing has had no fatal accidents for more than 20 years. We share information about occupational accidents across the Group. We are working to prevent the recurrence, including the occurrence of similar accidents. We will continue to make improvements on an ongoing basis, leveraging the Safety, Health, and Environmental Management System and implementing a PDCA cycle, aiming to achieve zero accidents.

NP: Nihon Parkerizing
8 domestic group companies: Parker Engineering, Parker Processing, Oita Parkerizing, Komatsu Parkerizing, Japan Kanigen, Hamamatsu Netsushori Kogyo, Million Chemicals, and Kyodoyuso.
Total for the manufacturing industry: Source: Overview of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s whitepaper survey on trends of industrial accidents (survey of business establishments (with 100 or more workers each) and survey of the construction work, general including public and private construction work)

*1: TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) : Accident frequency rate within statistics per 200,000 total working hours
*2: LTIR (Lost Time Incident Rate) : Lost time accident frequency rate per 200,000 total working hours

Sharing and Using Information about Occupational Accidents

When an occupational accident occurs, the environment and safety department and business divisions cooperate promptly and share information about the accident. Information on accident details, cause of occurrence, and recurrence prevention measures will be shared with all business sites and group companies to prevent similar accidents. Particularly at plants, accident details and countermeasures are shared, reflected in risk assessments as necessary, and reported at each plant meeting to ensure that all workers are fully informed.
In addition, information on each occupational accident is compiled in a database to help prevent similar accidents.

Safety and Health Training and Awareness-Raising Activities

At Nihon Parkerizing, we believe it is essential to increase safety awareness and learn to work safely. We provide employees with safety and health training when they join the company, are transferred, and engage in specific tasks.

In addition to the above, we provide safety and health training as necessary, including special training based on labor safety and health law and external training.
Further, as awareness-raising activities, we hold various campaigns related to safety health and traffic safety and distribute safety and health newsletters and traffic safety newsletters to all employees and Group companies, thus enhancing their awareness and providing information as necessary.