Workers Protected Under IHI’s Occupational Health and Safety Management System
The IHI Group has established standards laid out in both the occupational health and safety management system at works and research facilities and the occupational health and safety management system at construction sites.
These standards apply to all Group works, research facilities, and construction sites, and extend to all workers at these sites, including Group employees and partner company employees.
Health and Safety Management
The IHI Group is committed to eradicating occupational accidents through "Safety 5 Principles" that act as a Group-wide code of conduct.
The Group assesses risk at its works and construction sites to identify and mitigate potential hazards through strict verifiable countermeasures. The Group conducts regular health and safety training for all of its employees to eradicate occupational accidents. In addition, the Group gives support to business partners at works and construction sites to improve health and safety management in a cooperative effort to ensure safe working environments.
The Group carries out these health and safety initiatives as part of the occupational health and safety management system.
Occupational Accident Risk Management
The IHI Group promotes health and safety activities upon defining occupational health and safety policies, targets, and plans according to the standards set as part of our occupational health and safety management system. The annual occupational health and safety management evaluations also drive improvements to eradicate occupational accidents.
The Group defines items requiring its attention as well by identifying dangers and hazards related to machinery, facility, chemicals, and other such factors in order to reduce and eliminate them.
The IHI Group rolled out the Safety General Principle for the six most common types of occupational accident in fiscal 2020 and are focusing on eradicating these occupational accidents throughout the entire IHI Group.
FY2024 IHI Group Health & Safety Management Priority Policy
Management Targets
- Zero lost time injuries or serious accidents
- Total injuries frequency rate
(Works divisions) Less than 0.6, (Construction divisions) Less than 1.2
Based on our strong belief that all accidents are preventable, we aim to achieve zero accidents with the participation of all employees.
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Strengthen dialogue toward becoming an “independent and mutually enlightening” organization
- Promotion of dialogue activities and on-site verbal safety communication by management executives
- Promotion of dialogic safety activities by supervisor
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Eliminate accidents that fall under the Group’s Safety General Principle
- Strengthen risk identification and countermeasures focusing on human behavior
- Increase risk awareness and prediction level through the promotion of risk prediction meetings that are set up on the initiative of workers
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Elimination of accidents caused by unskilled workers
- Improve individual risk awareness (Danger experience training using VR, etc.)
- Strengthen identification, visualization, and intensive management of unskilled workers
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Enhance safety management systems in the construction and service sectors
—Toward overcoming the declaration of a state of emergency
- Carry out thorough discussions in advance, such as pre-construction meetings
- Strengthen relations with partner companies (including training and guidance)
- Enhance on-site guidance and support by supervisors from the main office or branch offices
As part of the above efforts, we will make improvements to confirm and share countermeasures regarding prior accidents that occurred within individual divisions.
- In order to understand safety measure issues and weaknesses beforehand and make improvements, we will work to enhance our preventive safety measures by using leading indicators (safety awareness/fact surveys, reviews, and evaluations).
IHI Group's Safety General Principle
- Prevention of Fall from Height
- Prevention of Fall from Medium and Minor Height
- Prevention of Caught-In/Pinched-In Between Machines and Devices
- Prevention of Caught-In/Pinched-In During Handling of Heavy Object
- Prevention of Hand Tools-Related Accidents
- Prevention of Grinder-Related Accidents
Due Diligence to Occupational Health and Safety during Construction and Other Projects
Concerning construction and other project execution, the IHI Group strives to identify and evaluate occupational health and safety risks in advance and take any necessary steps to reduce them.
Moreover, the Group carries out safety measures, which include the IHI Group‘s Safety General Principle, with our business partners.
Investigation Procedures and Observations in the Event of an Occupational Accident
The IHI Group assesses and analyzes factors of any occupational accidents through Group-wide accident investigation procedures. The use of standardized accident report formats allows for swift sharing of information about an accident in the Group.
An analysis and evaluation of the accident information collected helps put in place measures to prevent any recurrence of the same or similar accidents throughout the Group.
In fiscal 2023, 54 accidents occurred without lost time or other serious consequences. As these accidents still fall under the IHI Group’s Safety General Principle, the Group is working on countermeasures for direct causes and indirect causes, focusing on root cause analysis including any background factors, and is working to strengthen countermeasures against them.
Occupational Accident Breakdown
(Unit: Incidents, Scope: IHI and 31 affiliated companies)
Health Management
The IHI Group aims to achieve a “Good + Strong” company and individual “Growth + Happiness” as set out in Group Human Talent Strategy 2023, and believes that greater employee well-being helps improve individual productivity and invigorate the workplace, which is why the Group strives for health management from both a physical and mental perspective.
The Group’s mental health education takes both reactive approaches, such as detailed follow-up with individuals suffering from mental illness, programs to help employees return to work, and reintegration programs, as well as active approaches, such as education to teach mental toughness to improve motivation and performance. These educational programs aim to build an enthusiastic workplace for everyone, from new employees to senior management.
FY2024 IHI Group Health Care Priority Policy
Carry out both offensive and defensive measures to improve each individual’s energy and create a workplace where everyone can feel the joy of working from the perspective of physical and mental well-being, which is the foundation for everything.
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Offense measures:
- Provide information and health education regarding sleep, exercise, diet, etc. to increase individual vitality
- Develop well-being activities utilizing workplace health and employee awareness surveys, etc.
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Defense measures:
- Establish a system that can promptly address physical and mental illness stemming from a change of environment
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- Employee engagement (increase the percentage of active employees)
- Increase the percentage of employees ready to perform at their best (sleep, exercise, nutrition)
Promoting Workplace Improvement Activities
The IHI Group is working on activities that improve the well-being of its employees and the organization. In fiscal 2024, the Group is integrating measures based on employee awareness survey results and moving forward with activities to improve the workplace with a focus on management and communication.
Topics Covered Under the Main Dialogue Between Employee Representatives and Management on Health and Safety
The IHI Group convenes the Central Health and Safety Committee every year to engage in a labor-management dialogue about employee health and safety.
Initiatives to Reduce Long Working Hours
The IHI Group positions human resources as the driving force behind value creation, and as part of this, the Group has established policies regarding working time management and are making efforts to reduce long employee working hours.
In particular, when it comes to monthly working hour management, the Group has set the following two goals, monitored monthly conditions, and reported to Management Committee as needed. (1) Zero employees exceeding 60 hours of overtime in a month; (2) Zero employees exceeding 80 hours of overtime in a month.
Health Management of Employees Involved in the Nuclear Power Business
The IHI Group has an established set of Radiation Control Standards for preventing radiation hazard to our employees. Based on these standards, the Group regulates the exposure of all IHI Group employees and partner company employees engaged in radiation work at nuclear power plants, nuclear fuel cycle plants, and other sites to evaluate radiation damage caused by exposure (exposure dose control).
Based on recommendations from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), the Group has established an internal value standard (20 mSv/year) far stricter than the exposure limit for radiation workers set by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (50 mSv/year).
In fiscal 2023, 0 employees were exposed to this internal standard. Furthermore, IHI’s industrial physicians provide health checkups along with health advice.
