Occupational Safety and Health

The DNP Group reviews and improves unsafe situations and behaviors at all of its workplaces, believing that the Group must prevent employee injuries or damage caused during work. In this context, the Group focuses on risk assessment activities and related measures.
We examine equipment that has the potential to be involved in serious accidents to identify and visualize all potential risks related to existing equipment, focusing particularly on high-risk areas. We then implement safety measures based on DNP’s unique equipment safety standards. Similarly, we examine newly introduced equipment to proactively identify risk factors and apply preventive measures before beginning operations as part of our accident prevention strategy.
In the event of an accident, we hold disaster response meetings at the sites affected, regardless of the size of the accident. We facilitate close coordination between the affected sites and the technical, labor, and research divisions of our headquarters to investigate the causes of accidents, develop safety measures and implement preventive actions. Moreover, we share details about each incident throughout the Group to enhance awareness and prevent similar accidents. Communication about these accidents includes updates on the situation at the time of the accident, the causes and the responses implemented.

Toward the realization of the DNP Group Safety and Health Charter and the DNP Group Declaration on Health, DNP provides level-specific education and specialized training on occupational safety and health.
Regarding safety, DNP is working to improve the level of safety and health activities through various educational programs that include online specialized training on equipment safety for front-line managers in manufacturing locations.
For health, DNP provides education and training on illness and lifestyle habits such as diet, exercise and smoking as well as mental health care utilizing online seminars and e-learning programs while also cooperating with health insurance associations, and these efforts are helping raise employee awareness and change their behavior.

DNP Group has continuously believed that “dialogue and education” serve as the foundation of safety and health activities and in 2019 it formulated the DNP Group Safety and Health Charter, which proclaims that “Health and safety begin with Taiwa (dialogue), education, and human development.”
To make this belief a reality, all manufacturing bases of manufacturing departments implement “Tsuki-ichi Kyoiku Activity” (an activity to set aside one hour each month for Taiwa and education) for the realization of a culture that truly prioritizes health and safety above all else. Through monthly activities, DNP aims to improve safety awareness, foster a culture that emphasizes safety and increase the vitality of its workplaces. Furthermore, DNP has launched the cross-group Manufacturing Safety Promotion Project and is promoting a variety of activities that include sharing good practices and matters requiring attention.
Additionally, DNP also implements level-specific training and specialized training on occupational safety and health. To prevent serious accidents caused by machinery and equipment in particular, DNP focuses on providing education on equipment safety measures to managers as well as staff who operate equipment. DNP has continuously conducted this training since 2016, with 121 employees taking part in active discussions during the fiscal 2024 sessions, resulting in a cumulative total of 1,224 program participants. Besides education that utilizes VR (virtual reality) for enabling participants to experience danger as well e-learning on fire prevention, DNP has launched a dedicated internal website that allows related parties to share the details of disasters in the unlikely event of an accident as well as good examples of safety measures and strives to ensure these measures raise the level of safter activities.