Employee Health and Safety
Health and Safety Principle
FANUC considers the health and safety of its worker’s first issue.
- Safety is created through the collective creativity and ingenuity of each individual in each workplace, with the participation of all employees.
- We create a clean, bright and comfortable workplace.
- We promote the mental and physical health of our workers.
Policies
Health and Safety Management Policy
- Respect consultation and participation with workers based on the recognition that health and safety are secured through good communication.
- Comply with laws and regulations related to health and safety and our health and safety policies and establish necessary voluntary standards to improve the management level.
- Appropriately implement measures under the health and safety management system and aim to continuously improve the level of health and safety in cooperation with workers.
- Implement risk assessment at each workplace to reduce risk and prevent occupational accidents.
- Improve the work environment by utilizing the results of the work environment measurement.
- Actively promote and implement activities related to health promotion through our health and productivity management.
- To implement these policies, invest appropriate management resources and continuously make effective improvements.
Promotion Framework
FANUC has established the FANUC Health and Safety Committee as an organization that mainly discusses and determines company-wide safety and health management policies, related measures and significant issues.
The Representative Director, President and CEO is designated as the chairperson, with the general managers, the heads of the main divisions, and representatives of the labor union as its members. The Safety & Health Department of the Human Resources Division serves as an organizer in coordinating activities for the meetings held twice a year.
In addition, we have established District Health and Safety Committees based on the laws and regulations in five factory districts and four sales office districts for health and safety activities and communicate the results of discussions with the labor union and their instructions to each workplace.
Initiatives
FANUC has implemented Health and Safety Rules to ensure the health and safety of FANUC Group employees, contract employees and part-time employees, in order to make work smoother and improve productivity.
When employees of contractors and subcontractors perform tasks at FANUC, we do its best to prevent accidents, injuries and health problems from occurring, in conformance with FANUC’s Contractor Safety Management Rules.
Priority Activities for Health and Safety
FANUC has specified seven priority activities and are pursuing our efforts with each workplace.We aim to reduce occupational accidents by setting single-year goals regarding safety management.
| 1.Communication | Ensure health and safety by having discussions with workers through good communication at health and safety meetings, etc. |
|---|---|
| 2.Complying with laws and regulations | Comply with occupational health and safety laws and regulations and other requirements to which we have consented. |
| 3.Improving health and safety standards | Set targets for reducing occupational accidents, implement measures to achieve them, and make continuous improvements as necessary. |
| 4.Preventing occupational accidents | Reduce occupational accidents by estimating and reducing the risks inherent in equipment and operations through risk assessment. Create missing work procedures, eliminate unsafe conditions and actions, and reduce occupational accidents. |
| 5.Improving work environment | Improve the work environment based on the results of work environment measurement and improve operations through health and safety patrols. Reduce risks in handling chemical substances. |
| 6.Promoting health | Maintain good health through health management. |
| 7.Education and awareness | Provide education to all workers to raise their risk sensitivity and reduce their risk-taking behavior. Exchange information necessary for health and safety activities with our group companies. |
Equipment Pre-commissioning Safety Inspections
In its equipment pre-commissioning safety inspections of new production equipment, FANUC identifies and assesses risks and conducts risk management related to health and safety. The Production Engineering Department, Manufacturing Department, and Health and Safety Department conduct risk assessments from their respective viewpoints and make determinations of “operable”, “provisionally operable”, or “operation suspended”. For determinations other than “operable”, countermeasures are taken within 30 days, and the equipment in question can be put into operation after it is determined to be safe.
Health and Safety Education
FANUC conducts grade-based education programs on occupational health and safety. It also conducts safety education for all employees at the time of employment and at times of operational changes.
Number of Employees in Health and Safety Education
In fiscal 2023, FANUC conducted the following education programs.
| Type of Education | Times Held | Number of Participants |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisor education by specialist institutions | 3 | 50 |
| Health and safety education by Health and Safety Department | 3 | 54 |
| Training at the time of appointment of safety officer (Grade-based department head training) | 1 | 15 |
| Health and safety seminar for section heads (Grade-based section head training) | 4 | 72 |
| ISO45001 Internal auditor training | 5 | 118 |
| ISO45001 Standard explanatory seminar | 3 | 78 |
| Risk assessment training | 3 | 78 |
| Risk prediction training for service personnel | 133 | 1,296 |
Health and Safety Patrols
With the aim of ensuring essential safety, FANUC conducts patrols at each of its factories. In addition to patrols by health officers and industrial physicians, we conduct mutual patrols with other sections.
Knowledge and Measures Learned from Occupational Accidents
We investigate the causes of lost-time accidents, eliminate dangerous actions and tasks, and implement safety measures for both machinery and management. We also strive to prevent occupational accidents by sharing reports of near misses.
Safe Maintenance Work by Service Personnel
As service personnel perform their work alone at the customer's factory, it is important that they are more sensitive toward safety and predict potential risks. Risk prediction training by specialist institutions is provided to the representatives of service locations, who then roll it out in their respective service locations, to improve risk prediction capability.
We also develop maintenance tools for service personnel to achieve safe and efficient maintenance work.
Production and Distribution of Pocket Safety Card
We have produced a pocket-sized card that features FANUC's Three Safety Principles, Six Safety Action Principles, Six Prohibitions, and the FANUC KY Principles, so our employees can check them anytime, anywhere.
Health Management Support for Overseas Expatriates
As a company with many overseas offices, FANUC places a strong emphasis on providing healthcare support for overseas assignees. We offer information about recommended vaccinations in the destination area to overseas assignees and their accompanying family members. The company also covers the associated costs.
- The Health Promotion Center provides information about recommended vaccinations in the destination area for overseas assignees and their accompanying family members, with the company covering the associated costs.
- We monitor the status of employees who undergo annual health checkups and follow up with those who have not yet received their checkups. In addition, the Headquarters’ Health Promotion Center centrally manages the results of medical examinations and offers follow-up services based on those results.
- The company has introduced medical support services (Japanese language support, cashless medical services, emergency assistance services, etc.) to assist employees who may incur significant costs burdens by receiving medical services overseas.
- The Headquarters regularly monitors the working hours of employees who are transferred overseas, and Japanese occupational physicians interview employees who show signs of overwork or other concerns.
Goals/Achievements
Goals
FANUC has established the Health and Safety Committee, with the President and CEO designated as the responsible officer. This Committee sets and monitors annual goals for lost time injury (LTI) frequency rates and intensity rates every year.
Achievements
There were no work-related fatalities of employees, contract employees, and temporary staff at FANUC CORPORATION in fiscal 2022. We have now achieved zero fatalities for more than 3 years.