Occupational Safety and Health

The DNP Group believes that it is unacceptable for employees to be injured or otherwise harmed through their work, and therefore implements a review and improvement of "unsafe conditions" and "unsafe behaviors" in all workplaces. In this context, we are focusing on risk assessment activities and the countermeasures based on them.
Regarding measures for equipment that could lead to particularly serious accidents, we identify and visualize all risk areas in existing equipment, and then prioritize the areas with the highest risk, implementing safety measures in accordance with DNP's independently developed equipment safety standards. Similarly, for newly installed equipment, we identify risk areas, and after completing countermeasures, we have a rule that pre-operational inspections must be conducted before restarting operations, thereby preventing accidents. Furthermore, we are also focusing on human resource development, increasing the number of certified personnel such as Safety Assessors (Nippon Certification Co., Ltd.) to improve the efficiency and standardization of technology deployment.
Nevertheless, in the event of a disaster, regardless of its severity, a disaster response meeting is held at each business site. Business sites and head office division (Technical Research, Personnel & Employee Relations Division, Research Institute)  work together to investigate the cause of the disaster and to plan and implement safety measures and recurrence prevention measures based on the cause. Furthermore, when a disaster occurs, the situation is communicated to the entire company, and when countermeasures are completed, the cause and countermeasures are communicated to the entire company, so that the entire DNP Group can work to prevent similar disasters.
Furthermore, in response to the increasing number of work-related injuries and prolonged treatments among older workers, which have become challenges both inside and outside the company in recent years, we are making company-wide efforts to modify work procedures, improve equipment, and provide safety training that take into account the characteristics of older workers.

As part of its autonomous chemical substance management, the DNP Group is focusing on strengthening compliance with the SDS notification system and minimizing personal exposure. Regarding minimizing personal exposure, the DNP Group has created guidelines to standardize workplace environment management and work management in a manner that complies with laws and regulations and is tailored to the manufacturing workplace. We are promoting strengthened measures from both equipment and management perspectives, as well as their horizontal deployment.

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 147 employees taking part in active discussions during the fiscal 2024 sessions, resulting in a cumulative total of 1,345 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 safer activities.