Occupational Health and Safety
Recognizing that the safety and health of our employees is the foundation for sustainable growth, the JX Advanced Metals Group is committed to creating a workplace environment that ensures safety and promotes health.
JX Advanced Metals Group Basic Policy on Health and Safety
We, the JX Advanced Metals Group, will place top priority on health, safety and disaster prevention in all areas of business operations and create a working environment where workers can work safely, securely, and healthily in accordance with the following policy.
- 1.We will comply with all laws and regulations relating to health and safety, establish voluntary standards required to achieve compliance, and rigorously manage and adhere to such standards.
- 2.We will strive to continuously improve and enhance industrial health and safety management systems and achieve health and safety goals.
- 3.We will actively provide information and education in order to develop human resources that think and act spontaneously, and raise health and safety awareness throughout the organization.
- 4.We will identify hazards in all areas of business operations, work to eliminate such hazards and reduce risk, steadily achieve annual accident reduction targets, and ultimately aim to ensure no accidents ever occur.
- 5.We will work to maintain and improve employees’ mental and physical health by ensuring good communication and comfortable working environments and taking steps to maintain health and prevent sickness.
- Established on 1 October 2006
Revised on 1 November 2025
Organization for Occupational Health and Safety Management
The Group maintains health and safety committees and other bodies at operating sites and Group companies in keeping with the Industrial Safety and Health Act.
We have also established a system to have discussions with workers, including those from subcontractors stationed permanently, within the framework of our health and safety management system.
The Safety and Environment Committee meets twice a year at the JX Advanced Metals head office to report on the status of activities related to safety, health, and environmental preservation, and to formulate action plans. The Central Health and Safety Committee meets once a year, attended by representatives (key safety managers and labor union branch committee chairs) from the divisions and operating sites. The Central Health and Safety Standing Committee meets five times a year, attended by standing committee members of the former (safety managers at each division and the three officers from the Central Labor Union). Both committees review overall health and safety initiatives, deliberate on Management Policy on Health and Safety, and consider measures to prevent recurrence of accidents. We also hold joint labor/management health and safety visitations (once a year) and Group safety supervisors’ meetings (twice a year) to exchange information on health and safety. Fiscal 2024 labor/management health and safety visitations also took place at business sites.
Environment and safety audits are conducted periodically by a team under direct supervision of the president at operating sites directly run by the Company (including Group companies within the sites) and major domestic Group companies. Issues discovered in the audits are reported to the president, and also notified to the respective operating sites.
In fiscal 2024, we targeted a total of 16 business sites, including 5 overseas sites. No major issues were identified.
Acquiring ISO 45001 Certification
Although we acquired OHSAS 18001 certification, we have been working to introduce ISO 45001 following the abolition of OHSAS in March 2021.
ISO 45001 in Japan includes JIS Q 45001 and JIS Q 45100. Our domestic operating sites strive to acquire JIS Q 45100 to pursue company-wide occupational health and safety activities involving a wider range of sites.
As of the end of fiscal 2024, 12 domestic operating sites obtained JIS Q 45100 certification and 7 overseas sites obtained ISO 45001 certification. We currently aim to obtain JIS Q 45100 certification at 4 domestic sites new to the Group.
We engage in such efforts to improve the level of health and safety throughout the Group further.
Management Policy on Health and Safety for 2024
The Group formulates the Management Policy on Health and Safety each fiscal year. The goals and key policy measures are set based on analysis of health and safety performance in the previous year. The policy is discussed and approved by the Central Health and Safety Committee and then promulgated across the Group.
[Goals]
● Safety and Disaster Prevention Items
- 1.Accidents with lost work days or worse: Zero
- 2.Targets for managing the number of accidents for the entire Group
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- (Shared domestic/overseas sites) Accidents without lost work days or worse: 24 or fewer in Japan, 8 or fewer overseas
- (2)
- Occupational injury rate per 1,000 employees in domestic Group (four or more lost work days): 0.70 or less (five injuries or less)
- 3.Fires and explosions: Zero
● Health and Other Items
- 1.Occupational diseases: Zero
- 2.Rate of lost work days due to ordinary illnesses: 0.57 or less
- 3.Cancer screening rate: 80% or more
- 4.Percentage of employees maintaining an adequate weight (BMI less than 25.0): 70% or more
- 5.Smoking rate: 25% or less
[Key Measures]
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- Enhancing safety and health levels with a focus on less-experienced workers
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- Establishment of a chemical substance management system aligned with the revised Industrial Safety and Health Act
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- Strengthening systems for safer construction execution
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- Maintaining and promoting mental and physical health