The HOYA Group is pushing for the creation of a pleasant workplace environment where every one of the employees can work in good health and safely. For the HOYA Group’s philosophy, basic policies and organizational structure related to occupational safety and health, please refer to HOYA’s website.
The HOYA Group engages in day-to-day safety and health activities aimed at preventing serious occupational accidents from occurring. We are striving to reduce the risks of occupational accidents occurring by sharing information within the Group and conducting in-house training, internal audits, etc., in addition to assessing risks based on the HOYA Group Risk Management Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health and engaging in various initiatives for managing chemical substances and assuring the safety of machines and equipment.
| Scope | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of occupational accidents | Japan | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Overseas | 167 | 181 | 208 | |
| Group-wide | 176 | 190 | 219 | |
| Lost time injury (LTI) frequency rate * | Japan | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.38 |
| Lost time injury (LTI) intensity rate * | Japan | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.003 |
All hazardous factors are constantly being checked by risk assessment in accordance with the HOYA Group Risk Management Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health. As well, effective safety measures are being taken in order of priority for risk reduction.
Based on the HOYA Group’s common index HOYA Group Chemical Substances Management Standard, we are managing chemical substances used in our business activities and working to prevent occupational accidents and diseases caused by chemical substances.
The safety of machines and equipment is a matter of greater importance in achieving occupational safety. Various measures for the safety of machines and equipment (reduction of risks) are being taken from the design stage according to the HOYA Group Standard for the Safety of Machines and Equipment to prevent machine-related accidents.
At all the Group's business facilities inside and outside Japan, the environment and occupational safety and health personnel and specialized staff conduct internal audits periodically. After the audits, they give necessary advice and guidance to respective sections to improve their observance of laws and regulations and performance of occupational safety and health.
The facility environment and occupational safety and health personnel conference is held twice a year. The intra-Group consulting program for guidance and training on management systems and risk assessment is held several times a year mainly for the overseas production bases. These are all designed to enhance the performance of the occupational safety and health activities within the HOYA Group.
