Health and Safety Initiatives
With health and safety positioned as a vital foundation of its business activities,
the TEL Group promotes “health and safety first” from a range of aspects.

Our Approach to Health and Safety

Preventing Occupational Accidents

As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities,

In fiscal 2010, the TEL Group achieved an 18% decline fromthe TEL Group places great importance on ensuring that ourfiscal 2009 in the number of occupational accidents (excluding

customers, employees, and everyone else involved in its

minor accidents and injuries that were incurred whilebusiness can work in a safe workplace environment, use ourcommuting), due in part to the decline in product shipments,products safely, and enjoy good health.

although this result fell short of the 30% year-on- year

In fiscal 2010, two experts in system safety—Professorreduction goal.

Noboru Sugimoto and Associate Professor Takabumi Fukuda

An analysis of the accidents that occurred in fiscal 2010of the Nagaoka University of Technology Graduate Schoolshows that approximately 70% occurred on worksites relatedof System Safety—were invited to instruct our designerson the basics of equipment safety design. Based on actual

to our group plants. The most common types of occupational
accidents were caused by ergonomics1, work on highaccidents, Professor Sugimoto discussed “intrinsically safe

structures, and work near large openings in the floor. Of these,designs—which all designs must be—and the principles

the largest number of accidents remain ergonomics-related,

and responsibilities designers need to understand and fulfill

an area which has been under scrutiny since fiscal 2009.

in terms of safety,” while Associate Professor Fukuda talked

We will strengthen safety measures promptly to prevent theon “approaches to international standards and system safety

reoccurrence of this type of accident and improve the situation.

from the standpoint of recent global trends.” Both of these1 Ergonomics: a scientific approach that researches both human physicaland psychological functions as well as properties and designs to develop
equipment and environments to match these. Ergonomics aims to lighten
the burden on workers while at the same time enhancing safety and workefficiency.

insightful lectures deepened our designers’ understanding ofsafety issues. We intend to continue organizing these lectures
and will continue to develop the content.

Number and Frequency of Occupational Accidents(Number of occupational accidents)(Frequency)

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50

2.039
28
2325

0.40
0.32

0’06

0.37

0.39

0.18

0.19

’07

’08

0.48
0.29
’09

1.019
0.46
0.19’10(FY)

0.0

Number of occupational accidents that occurred in the TEL Group
Japan’s electromechanical manufacturing industry
Reduction target
Tokyo Electorn Group

Lecture on the basics of equipment safety
design* The number of occupational accidents in fiscal 2001 is taken as 100.
* Frequency of occupational accidents is the number of occupational accidents
per one million working hours.

Safety Awareness Training
Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. is providing safety awareness training at major Field Engineer(FE) service bases. These practical training sessions were first held at its Fuchu Officein April 2010, and since May have been expanded to other field service bases in Japan.
These activities aim to drive home to engineers the importance of workplace safety
and prevent occupational accidents by providing them with simulated experiences ofworkplace dangers. Permanent training facilities/equipment for this safety program
have been installed at the Fuchu office, which has started to carry out activities

Safety sensitivity training

systematically, including developing simplified moveable training tools for use in training at FE bases as well as dispatching trainers.
The training program covers broad areas ranging from the wearing of safety belts during work on high structures, awareness ofphysical loads suspended in the air, to awareness of the risk of electrocution.

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Environmental and Social Report 2010Since July 2000, the TEL Group has been promoting theconcept of safety education throughout the entire Group. We
have produced a manual as a tool for basic safety educationthat will be provided to Group employees. More advanced
safety education is provided for our technical employees who
work in clean rooms, using the Semiconductor Equipment
Association of Japan (SEAJ) recommended service safety

Training Using Videos

training manual compiled by SEAJ. Following the guidelines

The TEL Group has created videos for use in safety training toin this manual, hands-on training is included in the firstprevent ergonomic accidents caused by factors such as thetraining session.

increased unit weight of equipment due to increased size andIn fiscal 2010, refresher safety training comprised a

Health and Safety Initiatives

Safety Education

reduced work space. The aim of these training videos is tovariety of themes including controlling dangerous energy(importance of carrying out lockout-tagout2), effective use ofensure that workers maintain a natural posture while installing

protective gear for the head, hands and feet, safe handlingunderstanding of worker comfort, safety, and product qualityof cutters and other hand tools, as well as risks posed by

improvements from an ergonomic perspective. In response

automatic guided vehicles used at our customers’ sites. Theseto the large percentage of ergonomics-related accidents thatsafety refresher courses are conducted online; this allows ourhave occurred over the past few years, the TEL Group uses

employees to take the course at their convenience and allows

this video training as part of its efforts to keep ergonomic

their progress to be monitored.

risks low, remind workers of the importance of safe, user-equipment or performing maintenance as well as an enhanced

In order to prevent the reoccurrence of accidents thatHIGHLIGHT

friendly equipment, and ensure safety.
have actually occurred during work on high structures or nearlarge openings in the floor, and involving heavy lifting gear
accidents using 3D images. This visual presentation helps us
to check the management system at the time of the accident,
Refresher training using
the TEL website

the work load status of the injured, and whether or notadequate communication has taken place. These videos are
becoming an integral part of our safety training.

MANAGEMENT REPORT

or electricity, we have created videos that reproduce actual

2 Lockout-Tagout: to prevent unintended actuation of a power switch on
equipment by using tools such as a key to put it out of commission(lockout) and a tag to indicate that use of shutoff or similar equipment isprohibited (tagout).

EHS REPORTVideo on preventing ergonomicsrelated accidents
Video reproducing accidents using
3D images

SOCIAL REPORTCPR and AED Training
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED) areboth effective methods of saving lives in the case of cardiac arrest, including certain
cases of sudden heart attacks, water accidents or electrocution. The TEL Group invites
external specialists to provide employees with periodical CPR and AED training.
Feedback from participating employees includes, “Many more people can be saved if
more people are able to use CPR and AED in an emergency” and, “It will help if a family
member meets with an accident.”

New employees undergoing CPR/AED
training

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