Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Securing Safety and Disaster Prevention
Conducting Hands-on Safety Training

Initiatives for Occupational Safety
Continuous Improvements through the OccupationalSafety Management Systemat the Ohgata Branch in December 2020. We will continue
efforts to acquire certifications at other branches with the aimof achieving zero accidents and creating comfortableworkplaces.

Recognizing that ensuring the safety and health of workers isthe basis of our business activities, we have established
Environmental Conservation and Safety and HealthManagement regulation policies. In addition, our Declarationof Action by Officers and Employees states that we will strive
to ensure the safety and health of the workplace and we aremaking efforts to eradicate accidents and ensure a
comfortable working environment. In February 2017, weopened a Safety Training Center in the Kasumi Plant of theYokkaichi Branch and continued new safety education
initiatives. From August 2018, we made efforts to acquire
occupational health and safety management system
certification at the Yokkaichi Branch. We acquired JIS Q45100
certification at the Yokkaichi Branch in September 2019 andIndustrial Accident Frequency Rate and Industrial
Accident Severity Rate (January to December 2020)
In the DKS Group, the Industrial Accident Frequency Rate(accidents that cause days away from work) remained almost
unchanged in 2020 due to the same number of accidents asin the previous year. We took the appropriate corrective
actions and thoroughly implemented measures to prevent
recurrence. In 2021, we will further strengthen safety activities
with the aim of realizing zero occupational accidents (thatcause days away from work).

Changes in Industrial Accident Frequency Rate

DKS Group  DKS  

0.90

0.94

Chemical Industry

2.0

1.55
1.36
1.23

1.0

0.85

0.82

0.88

0.88

0.81

0.81
0.76

0.5

0.91

0.82

0.88
0.64

0.71

0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00

2016

2017

0.88

0.93
0.81

0.86

0.68

0.64

2018

2019

0.62

2012

2013

2014

2015

2020

(Year)

Note: Frequency rate = (Number of persons absent from work due to occupational accidents) / (Total actual working hours) × 1,000,000
This is a numerical value representing the degree of frequency of victim occurrence per 1 million working hours.

Changes in Industrial Accident Severity Rate

DKS Group  DKS  

Chemical Industry(Severity Rate)
0.20
0.17
0.15
0.12

DKS entrusts external vendors with its logistics operations
that involve product storage and transport. However, inadherence to the spirit of Responsible Care, our activities are
guided by our stance that we will secure logistics safety andpreserve the environment, as well as offer to customers
guarantees of logistics quality and service delivery, among
other principles. We work in close collaboration with ourvendors to promote initiatives for logistics safety to realizethese goals.
One particular aim we have is to eliminate accidents inlogistics. To achieve this, we hold regular committee
meetings to share information, consult, and educate on
maintaining safe transport and traffic order, understanding
amendments to laws, following delivery operations’ safety

and environmental standards, understanding shipping
specifications, and other topics.
In addition, in the event that an accident occurs during thetransport of chemicals, so that drivers can take proper
measures, we provide Yellow Cards* (emergency contact
cards when products are being delivered) that indicate theEmergency Response Guidebook (ERG) number and the UN
number as well as Container Yellow Cards indicating thesame on the product labels.

* Yellow Card: An emergency contact card used when products are being delivered. In preparation
for the event that an accident occurs during the delivery of chemical substances, this emergency
contact card indicates the measures that should be taken by the relevant people.

Response in Emergency Situations(Conducting Disaster Prevention Drills)
As preparation in case an emergency situation arises due tofire or explosion, earthquake, leakage, power outage or otherevents, we have constructed a framework for disasterprevention at every branch and carry out repeated disasterprevention drills in accordance with fiscal year plans. We havealso taken measures to prepare in the event of such accidents
and have developed a disaster prevention manual for
emergencies based upon the incidents of large-scale fires
and explosions that have occurred at chemical factories inJapan in recent years. Disaster prevention drills are also

performed with the cooperation, and in unison, with local fire
departments and/or public fire brigades. We continue towork on disaster prevention activities that will prevent
accidents and disasters specific to a chemical manufacturer
so as to ensure that they do not occur in the first place.

Disaster Prevention Measure Investment
Fiscal 2020 investment into disaster prevention measuresamounted to ¥1,242.4 million. Investments mainly went tomeasures to respond to explosions, fires and leakages, aswell as measures to deal with aging equipment, andmeasures to improve work safety and working environments.

0.12

0.10

0.09
0.07

0.05

our goal of offering safety training to all target members ofthe Production and R&D Headquarters.
We will continue to provide training to convey safetyknowledge and the importance of stable operations, as wellas to raise safety awareness on an individual basis.

Initiatives for Disaster Prevention

02011

Hands-on safety
training

Initiatives for Logistics Safety(Frequency Rate)

1.5

The manufacturer’s mission is to maintain safe and stable
operations; thus, it is essential to repeatedly conduct safety
education to prevent occupational accidents and raise safety
awareness. The Safety Training Center, which was establishedin February 2017 in the Kasumi Plant of the Yokkaichi Branch,
has installed hands-on training equipment aimed atincreasing sensitivity to abnormalities and dangers. We also
introduced a mini-plant to foster an understanding of basic
principles with respect to equipment and processes. In fiscal
2019, we constructed a full-scale plant for educational
purposes in the Chitose Plant.
Although we were forced to limit the number of participantsin one training and adjust the training schedule in fiscal 2020
due to COVID-19 countermeasures, we were able to meet

0.05

0.05

0.06

0.04

0.07
0.05

0.03
0.04

0

2011

0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00

2012

2013

0.04

2014

0.01
0.01

2015

0.02
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00

2016

2017

2018

Note: Severity rate = (Days of lost work) / (Total actual working hours) × 1,000
This is a numerical value representing the degree of severity of an occupational accident based on the number of days of lost work per 1,000 working hours.

DKS REPORT 2021

0.03
0.01
0.01

2019

2020

(Year)

Joint drills with public fire brigade (Yokkaichi Branch)

Joint drills with public fire brigade (Shiga Branch)

Joint drills with public fire brigade (Ohgata Branch)

DKS REPORT 2021