Safety and Health Initiatives
Our approach to safety and health
The TEL Group performs a range of business activities including
development, manufacturing, transportation, installation andmaintenance with the highest priority on the safety and health of
all personnel from top management to frontline staff and makes
proactive and continuous improvements to enhance safety andpromote good health.

Safety Policy
1. Safety First
Based on the principle of “safety first,” we strive to create safer products
and work to maintain and improve the safety of all people involved with ourproducts and healthy workplace environments.

2. Pursuit of Safe Technologies
With an awareness of the factors that impair safety and health in our various
business activities, we continuously strive to create safer and more secure
workplaces by making improvements concerning those factors and throughintrinsically safe equipment designs and superior service capabilities.

3. Management and Employee Responsibility
All employees maintain an awareness of potential problems and of the needfor improvement concerning the maintenance and enhancement of safety andhealth at all workplaces, and management and employees act in accordancewith their respective responsibilities.

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We comply with safety and health laws and regulations and international rules, take
into consideration industry guidelines and strive to promote safety and health.

5. Collaboration and Cooperation with Society
Based on a common understanding with a broad range of stakeholders, we
cooperate and collaborate with society and work to appropriately meet expectations.

Initiatives for safety and healthAs part of our social responsibility activities, the TEL Group
places great importance on ensuring that our customers,
employees and everyone else involved in our business can workin a safe workplace environment, use our products safely andenjoy good health.
With a particular focus on securing the safety of its
employees, the TEL Group carries out safety education using

internal training facilities. This includes providing ongoingpractical training that aims to prevent accidents in clean rooms,
where our production equipment is primarily installed. In orderfor equipment to be connected to power and other utilities*1,
the ﬂoor of a clean room in which it is located must have anopen grating. This grating, however, can present a potential
tripping or falling hazard. Aiming to avoid these risks, the training
sessions simulate actual working conditions in order to instructparticipants on proper work
procedures and how to deal
with dangerous situations.
Similar safety education andpractical training sessions areconducted in other countries
and regions around the world.
Practical training in a clean room

Preventing workplace accidents*2
before they occur
The number of workplace accidents in fiscal 2013 dropped fromthe fiscal 2012 level by about 20%. The number of accidents
that could have led to severe injury*3 was reduced to half in bothfiscal 2012 and fiscal 2013 from the fiscal 2011 level, thanks tovigorous activities aimed at eradicating serious accidents. Thesefigures are the results of our ongoing preventive measures,
which include checking the availability of safety facilities and thesafety environment at new factories and lines before delivering
our equipment, identifying potential hazards at work sites (a task
we call “KY” for the Japanese term “Kiken Yochi”), conducting
safety inspections and providing training based on accident casestudies. As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations in fiscal
2014, the TEL Group is reminding its employees of the Group’s“safety first” policy and working to further foster a safety culture
with the aim of totally eliminating workplace accidents throughthe collective efforts of the entire Group.

TOPICS
Training for raising hazard sensitivity in South Korea
For three days in February 2013, Tokyo Electron Korea Ltd. (TEK) conducted a
training program for identifying potential hazards known as “Kiken Yochi Training”(KYT) as well as “point and call” training. A total of 33 employees participated in theprograms. KYT is designed to help workers identify possible hazards in the workplace
to prevent accidents and has been statistically proven to be highly effective.
Although TEK employees seemed a little awkward when first trying out thefour-round hazard identification and point and call methods, they nevertheless took
their training seriously and worked hard. We expect that practicing these methods willlead to more effective accident prevention in the future.
Glossary18Point and call trainingand other utilities: Electricity, special high-pressure gas, liquid chemicals, air, cooling water and pure water, and exhaust discharge, among others*12 Power
8PSLQMBDFBDDJEFOU Following the guidelines of the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the TEL Group defines an accident* involving an injury to an employee as a “workplace accident.”*3 Accident that could lead to a severe injury: An accident that could result in a severe injury with ongoing effects

advanced safety refresher courses, which covered accidents
identified as fiscal 2013 priority issues: falling into a floor
opening, exposure to a liquid chemical, becoming caught
in a moving part of a machine, becoming trapped duringtransportation of heavy goods and gas leaks.

Occurrence rate of workplace accidents (FY2001 = 100)
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Occurrence rate of accidents that could lead to a severe injury(FY2011 = 100)

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Advanced safety refresher course using web-based
education system

Checking safety with customers2011(FY)

Safety education

SOCIETY

Since July 2000, the TEL Group has been providing basic safety
education for all Group employees using a manual createdin-house. We provide more advanced safety education using amanual compiled by the Semiconductor Equipment Associationof Japan (SEAJ) for our technical employees who work primarily
in clean rooms.
In fiscal 2013, 9,517 employees took basic safety
refresher courses using a web-based education system.
The courses included a videotaped interview on safety with
the Tokyo Electron president and covered lessons learned
from the Great East Japan Earthquake as well as the subjectof radiation. Meanwhile, 7,580 employees participated in

When delivering TEL equipment to factories newly constructedby our customers, the TEL Group checks the new factory’s
facilities and equipment as well as its work safety procedures
before starting operation of the equipment. These checks areintended to identify any questions or problems related to work
procedures and promote the development of a safe working
environment prior to start-up.
With regard to facilities, we particularly check theavailability of systems that are crucial during emergencies, suchas gas detectors, water leakage detectors, emergency showers,
eye washers and (material) safety data sheets (MSDSs/SDSs).
Even after launching operation of our equipment following
delivery, we continue to conduct checks on an as-needed basis
in order to resolve questions and problems and ensure thatprocedures will be carried out safely.

TOPICS
Traffic safety education
The Safety Promotion Dept. of Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. (TFE)
provides a traffic safety education program called “What Will YouDo?” for its field engineers who work on-site at customers’ plants.
The education program include familiar topics such as identifying
possible hazards while driving; driving and avoiding accidents onrainy days; possible hazards at intersections; possible hazards
on commuter roads, during twilight hours and at night; risks ofskidding; and risks present at parking lots. To impart the full
horror of traffic accidents and give clear examples of how to avoid
them, the program uses video of actual accidents and near misses
captured by drive recorders. At the end of the course, participants
take a quiz to check their level of understanding.
As well as TFE engineers, employees working at otherdepartments and plants have accessed the course website, with thenumber of participants last fiscal year totaling around 1,400.

Traffic safety education
program using a web-based
education system

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