Initiatives for Sustainable Growth
Securing Safety and Disaster Prevention

Initiatives for Occupational Safety
Continuous Improvements through the Occupational Safety
Management System
Recognizing that ensuring the safety and health of workers is thebasis of our business activities, we have established Environmental
Conservation and Safety and Health Management regulation policies.
In addition, our Declaration of Action by Board Members andEmployees states that we will strive to ensure the safety and healthof the workplace and we are making efforts to eradicate accidents
and ensure a comfortable working environment. In February 2017, weopened a safety training center in the Kasumi Plant of the Yokkaichi
Branch and launched new safety education initiatives. From August2018, we made efforts to acquire occupational health and safety
management system certification at the Yokkaichi Branch, andin September 2019, DKS became the first chemical company toacquire JIS Q45100 certification. We will continue efforts to acquirecertifications at other factories with the aim of achieving zero accidents
and creating comfortable workplaces.
Industrial Accident Frequency Rate and Industrial Accident
Severity Rate (January to December 2019)
In the DKS Group, the Industrial Accident Severity Rate (accidents thatcause days away from work) remained almost unchanged in 2019 dueto the same number of accidents as in the previous year. We took theappropriate corrective actions and thoroughly implemented measures
to prevent recurrence. In 2020, we will further strengthen safety
activities with the aim of realizing zero occupational accidents (thatcauses days away from work).

Changes in Industrial Accident Frequency Rate
(Frequency Rate)(FrequencyRate) 2.30
2.5
2.5
2.0

1.83
1.83

1.5

1.23

0.72

0.82

0.85 0.82

0.88

0.82

0.72

2010
2010

0.85

1.23
0.88

0.64
0.64

0.5
0

1.36
1.36

1.0

0

Chemical Industry
Chemical Industry

1.55
1.55

1.5

0.5

DKS
DKS

2.30

2.0

1.0

DKS Group
DKS Group

2011
2011

2012
2012

0.82

0.88

0.91

0.88

0.91

0.76

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.76

2013
2013

2014
2014

0.71
0.71

2015
2015

0.88
0.81

0.88

0.90

0.81

0.90
0.88

0.81

0.68
0.88

0.81
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

2016
2016

0.68

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

2017
2017

2018
2018

0.94
0.86
0.94
0.86
0.640.64
20192019(Year)(Year)

Note: Frequency Rate = (Number of persons absent from work due to occupational accidents) / (Total actual working hours) x 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
(Severity Rate)(SeverityRate)
0.20

DKS Group

DKS

Chemical Industry

DKS Group

DKS

Chemical Industry

0.17

0.20

0.17
0.15
0.15

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.05

00Hands-on Safety Training

We will continue to provide training to convey safety knowledge andthe importance of stable operations, as well as raise safety awarenesson an individual basis.

Initiatives for Logistics Safety
DKS entrusts external vendors with its logistics operations that involve
product storage and transport. However, in adherence to the spiritof Responsible Care, our activities are guided by our stance that wewill secure logistics safety and preserve 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 realize these goals.
One particular aim we have is to eliminate accidents in logistics. Toachieve this we hold regular committee meetings to share information,
consult and educate on maintaining safe transport and traffic order,
amendments to laws, delivery operations' safety and environmental

standards, shipping specifications, and other topics.
In addition, in the case an accident occurs during the transportof chemicals, so that drivers can take proper measures, we provide
Yellow Cards* (emergency contact cards when products are beingdelivered) that indicate the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
number and the UN number as well as Container Yellow Card
indicating the same on the product labels.

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

Initiatives for Disaster Prevention
Response in Emergency Situations(Conducting Disaster Prevention Drills)
As preparations for the case an emergency situation arises due tofire or explosion, earthquake, leakage, power outage or other event,
we have constructed a framework for disaster prevention at every
Branch and repeat disaster prevention drills in accordance withfiscal year plans. We have also taken measures to prepare in theevent 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 plants in Japan inrecent years. Disaster prevention drills are also performed with thecooperation, and in unison, with local fire departments and/or public
fire brigades. We continue to work on disaster prevention activities thatwill prevent accidents and disasters unique to a chemical manufacturer
so as to ensure that they do not occur in the first place.
Disaster Prevention Measure Investment
Fiscal 2019 investment into disaster prevention measures amounted
to ¥286.4 million. Investments mainly went to measures to respondto explosions, fires and leakages, as well as measures to deal withaging equipment, and measures to improve work safety and working
environments.

0.09

0.10

0.09

0.07

0.10

0.05

Conducting Hands-on Safety Training
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 established in February 2017 in the Kasumi Plantof the Yokkaichi Branch, has installed hands-on training equipment
aimed at increasing 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
purpose in the Chitose Plant of the Yokkaichi Branch. Using theseeducational facilities, in fiscal 2019, we conducted safety training for
employees in the R&D and Production Headquarters nine times each.

0.06

0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04

0.07
0.05

0.05

0.04

0.05
0.04

0.05

0.04

0.03

0.04

0.03

0.04

0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01

0.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2016

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2017

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2018

0.02
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.01
2019
0.01(Year)

2016

2017

2018

2019

0.03

2010
2010

2011
2011

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

2012
2012

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

2013
2013

0.04

2014
2014

2015
2015

0.06

Note: Severity Rate = (Days of lost work) / (Total actual working hours) x 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 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)

Joint drills with fire department (Kyoto Headquarters/Laboratory)

DKS REPORT 2020