Hitachi, Ltd. | Integrated Report 2016

Promoting Occupational Health and Safety

As a corporate group that engages in multinational business activities, building safe, healthy, and hygienic workplaceenvironments at business sites around the world is a Group-wide management task for Hitachi. This means that we mustbe sure to take into careful consideration the social conditions and workplace environment of each country and region.
Hitachi has thoroughly implemented measures for occupational health and safety since its founding. Currently, weare advancing a global occupational health and safety system based on the concept of decent work while also drawing
on the lessons and knowledge gained at workplaces in Japan.

Fundamental Idea for Occupational
Health and Safety

Framework for Promoting Health and Safety

Ensuring the health and safety of all employees is the basic prin-tions for advancing our Social Innovation business. We promote aciple underlining the Hitachi Group Health and Safety Policy. This

range of Group-wide occupational health and safety activities

policy is shared by all Hitachi Group companies around thethat include preventing workplace accidents by setting andworld. Employees work together to create safe, secure work envi-

applying minimum safety standards to be observed by Groupronments that aim to be accident free.

manufacturers around the globe and by taking into consideration

Hitachi views occupational health and safety as vital precondi-

the specific conditions at each company. We respond quickly
when an accident occurs, using incidents to make improvements

Hitachi Group Health and Safety Policy

and boost our levels of health and safety management.
In accordance with Japanese law, a health and safety

Principle­commission—composed of company representatives, labor union“Health and Safety Comes First.”

officials, and employees—is organized at each business site andPolicies

is convened every month to discuss and share information related

In accordance with our mission, “Contribute to society

to such issues as workplace accident causes and countermea-

through the development of superior, original technology

sures, the situation regarding employees who have taken sickand products,” the Hitachi Group will endeavor to ensure

leave, and other points of concern.

safe and healthy workplaces under the principle of “Healthand Safety Always Comes First.”

In fiscal 2011, we introduced the Hitachi Group Key Safety
Management Designation System. This initiative tracks key safety
management improvements at Hitachi Group companies andTo accomplish this, we will:business sites in Japan that have experienced serious work acci-

1. C ontinually be involved in health and safety activities indents. Under the leadership of top executives, these companies

order to prevent work-related injuries and sickness by des-and business sites take on management-driven and bottom-up

ignating the health and safety of employees as manage-

initiatives to formulate and promote specific improvement plans.

ment’s top priority.

We are also reshaping the Group’s safety management frame-

2. Comply with the local laws and regulations in each company regarding health and safety.

work and introducing targeted safety measures, including extensive investigations of the cause of serious accidents, reviews of

3. Develop a safe and comfortable work environment byrisks to reduce potential accidents, and engagement of third par-encouraging employees to maintain their own health andties with a high level of health and safety expertise to diagnosetaking a proactive stance on health and safety activities insafety issues.

the workplace.

In fiscal 2015, we became able to grasp our safety manage-

4. Require an understanding of Hitachi’s principle and thement level overseas through the application of safety statistics

promotion of health and safety awareness from all busi-and minimum standards. Moving forward, we aim to continually

ness partners of the Hitachi Group.

make improvements to further raise the level of safety.

5. Contribute to the creation of a safe and pleasant society
by emphasizing activities that make health and safety a
top priority in all of Hitachi’s business activities.
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