Promotion Framework

For the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the Group's levels of safety and health, the SUMCO Group annually convenes the Company-wide Safety and Health Committee in which report on the status of safety and health-related initiatives and information sharing are made. The committee, attended by the Chief Safety and Health Officer, plant general managers, and presidents of group companies, reports on Group-wide performance, issues, activities related to safety and health. It also reviews and approves safety and health-related issues and targets to be addressed in the following fiscal year.
Additionally, each plant shares safety and health information and improve safety and health issues, and engages in daily activities to achieve safety and health objectives, through operating site safety and health committees, workplace safety and health committees and small group workplace safety meetings.

Company-wide Safety, Health and Hygiene Promotion Structure

Meetings and Committees (Communication) Related to Safety, Health and Hygiene

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Level	Meeting	Frequency	Main Participants	Functions
Company-wide	Company-wide Safety and Health Committee	Once a year	Chairman, officers, presidents of affiliate companies, plant general managers, department managers, labor union executive board, industrial physicians, company-wide and operating site safety and health administrative offices	Review and discussion of SUMCO Group safety, hygiene and health management policies and measures
	Production Technology Division Safety and Health Committee	Once a year	Chief Safety and Health Officer / Executive Officer in Charge, executive officers, plant general managers, industrial physicians, company-wide and operating site safety and health administrative offices	Review and discussion of Production Technology Division health, hygiene and safety measures
	Labor-Management Safety Round-Table Meeting	Once a year	Labor union executive board (three highest ranks of the board, union branch manager), company-wide safety and health administrative office	Review and discussion of SUMCO Group (domestic) safety, hygiene and health measures
	Meeting of Safety and Health Personnel	Once a month	Company-wide and operating site safety and health administrative offices	Review and discussion of SUMCO Group (domestic) safety and health measures
	Overseas Affiliate Company Safety Liaison Meeting	Six times a year at each company	Overseas affiliate company presidents and safety and health administrative offices, company-wide safety and health administrative office	Explanation of SUMCO Group (domestic) safety and health measures, and exchange of information on domestic and overseas activities
	Workplace Safety and Health Promotion Personnel Exchange Meeting	Once a month	Workplace safety and health promotion personnel, company-wide safety and health administrative office	Explanation of SUMCO Group (domestic) safety and health measures, and exchange of information on activities between operating sites
	Safety and Disaster Prevention Department Inspections	Nine times a year	Managers of each department, workplace safety and health promotion personnel, company-wide and operating site safety and health administrative offices	Confirmation and discussion on the implementation status of SUMCO Group (domestic) safety and health-related measures
Operating Site	Safety and Health Committee	Once a month	General safety and health manager, plant general managers, labor union branch management, industrial physicians, operating site safety and health administrative offices	Review and discussion of operating site safety, hygiene and health-related policies and measures
	Workplace Safety Promotion Committee	Once a month	Workplace safety and health promotion personnel, workplace safety and health administrative offices	Detailed review and discussion of operating site measures
	Workplace Safety and Health Committee	Once a month	Department and section managers, group leaders, unit leaders, workplace safety and health promotion personnel, contractor managers	Review and discussion of departmental safety, hygiene and health-related policies and measures
	Small Group Workplace Safety Meetings	Once a month	Group leaders, unit leaders, workplace safety and health promotion personnel	Review and discussion of process-level safety, hygiene and health-related measures
Contractor	Safety Cooperation Association Meeting (Kyushu Factory)	Three times a year	Representatives from contractors, SUMCO (advisors, Facility Engineering Department)	Discussion occupational accident prevention at operating sites

Occupational Safety and Health Initiatives

The SUMCO Group has introduced an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) and obtained certification from outside certification bodies, chiefly ISO 45001 certification, and is actively working towards creating a safe and comfortable workplace environment.
Under the system, the management defines a sequence of "Plan - Do - Check - Act" (PDCA) actions to manage safety and health on a regular and voluntary basis, with the help of employees. This is a safety and health management framework designed to prevent work-related accidents, advance employee health, promote the formation of a pleasant workplace environment and raise the level of safety and health in the workplace. We also work to quantify employee safety awareness through periodic safety awareness surveys, reflect the findings in the occupational safety and health management system, and make efforts to raise awareness of safety.

Status of Occupational Safety and Health Management System Certification

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Category	Total Number of Operating Sites	Number of Certified Operating Sites	Certification Rate (%)	Remarks
Group (Domestic / Overseas)	14	11	79%	-
Group (Domestic)	10	9	90%	ISO 45001 / JISQ 45100 certification in 9 operating sites
Group (Overseas)	4	2	50%	ISO 45001 certification: 1 operating site SMK3 certification: 1 operating site*

• *Certification provided by Indonesian National Standard (equivalent to OHSAS18001)

Major Initiatives to Prevent Work-Related and Traffic Accidents

The SUMCO Group conducts annual system audits (internal audits) and management reviews of all operating sites in accordance with its Occupational Safety and Health Management System. The SUMCO Group also endeavors to maintain and enhance safety management levels by seeking to prevent work-related accidents through promoting voluntary safety and health initiatives and encouraging the advancement of health and the formation of a pleasant workplace environment.
Additionally, when workers notice a potential hazard, they are obligated to report on it as a near miss case. Through the case reports and risk assessments, the risk factors at each operating site are identified. We try to avert accidents by implementing countermeasures to these risks based on hazard levels, and reducing the degree of risk posed accordingly. Information on these risks and the corresponding countermeasures are shared across the entire SUMCO Group through Company-wide meetings attended by the safety and health personnel at each operating site, safety exchange meetings attended by the workplace safety and health promotion personnel at each operating site, and safety and health committee meetings at each operating site. Awards are given for outstanding near-miss reports, and examples of improvements are disseminated across each operating site.
In addition to safety patrols conducted at each operating site and other regular safety and health patrols of each operating site by the Safety and Disaster Prevention Department, labor unions, industrial physicians, etc., daily patrols are conducted by workers to inspect and correct potential hazards and unsafe behaviors in the workplace, aiming at realization of higher levels of safety and health.

Safety and Health Education and Training Initiatives

The SUMCO Group focuses on employee education and training with the aim of preventing work-related and traffic accidents. In terms of matters related to safety and health, we provide various types of audiovisual education, including tiered safety and health education, small group workplace safety meetings, risk prediction training (KYT), the viewing of movies produced in-house for prevention of chemical injury and disaster of being caught and drawn, other safety-related DVDs and e-learning programs. In addition, we have established "safety dojos" at 9 operating sites in Japan to enhance employees’ awareness of safety while raising employees' sensitivity to danger through simulated dangerous experiences and to learn about what actions to take in the event of an emergency, thereby aiming to prevent disasters in advance and minimize damages.
Furthermore, the prevention of traffic accidents and drunk driving is another key challenge. The SUMCO Group strives to prevent traffic accidents and drunk driving by providing traffic accident prevention training through traffic accident cases and traffic-related DVDs, implementing KYT using videos of traffic accidents, and creating maps of dangerous areas along commuting routes.

Main Education and Training Activities

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Category	Name of Training	Trainees	Frequency	Instructors
Statutory Training	Induction training	New employees	Once a month	Company-wide and operating site safety and health administrative offices
	Training for newly appointed safety managers	General Safety and Health Manager appointees Departmental and Sectional Safety and Health Manager appointees	Upon selection	Outside instructor
	Unit leaders safety training	Newly appointed unit leaders	Once a year
	Various special training, courses for various licenses, skills training, etc.	Employees engaged in the relevant work Supervisors of the relevant work	When engaging in the relevant work
	Various skills improvement training	Qualification holder (every 5 years)	Once a year	Qualified in-house employee or outside instructor
Group Training	Training for newly appointed managers	Newly appointed managers	Once a year	Company-wide Safety and Health Administrative Office
	Group leader safety training	Newly appointed group leaders	Once a year	Company-wide Safety and Health Administrative Office
	Training for employees who has been working in the Company for 3 years and 10 years.	Employees who has been working in the company for 3 years and 10 years.	Once a year	Company-wide Safety and Health Administrative Office
	Internal auditor development training	Newly appointed internal auditors	Each time	Outside instructor
	Internal auditor skills improvement training	All internal auditors	Once a year	Company-wide Safety and Health Administrative Office
	Safety training for risk assessment, etc.	Workers, unit leaders, and workplace safety and health promotion personnel	Once a year	Operating site safety administrative office and outside instructor
	OSHMS self-awareness training (e-Learning)	All employees	Once a year	Planned by Company-wide Safety and Health Administrative Office
	Traffic accident prevention training (e-Learning)	All employees	Once a year	Planned by Company-wide Safety and Health Administrative Office
	Safety confirmation drills	All employees	Four times a year	Use of safety confirmation system
	General disaster prevention drills	Employees and contractors	Once a year	Operating site safety administrative office
	Late-night evacuation drills	Shift workers	Once a year	Operating site safety administrative office
Individual Training	Follow-up training	Employees after hiring or transfer	1, 3, 6, and 12 months after hiring/transfer	Supervisor at workplace safety and health promotion personnel and superior at workplace