Promotion of Occupational Health and Safety

As part of our risk assessment efforts, we ensure the health and safety of the employees by regularly implementing stress checks while also checking the employee work environment and job descriptions through workplace audits by an appointed industrial physician at a frequency of about once a month to identify latent hazards regarding occupational health and safety. The results of the risk assessment are reported to each workplace, and we undertake improvement activities directed at risk reduction for matters which are determined to be high risk. At the same time, safety competitions and video-based safety education activities are carried out together with the telecommunications construction companies to achieve zero accidents during construction.

A system is in place to ensure the safety of employees in the event of an earthquake, typhoon, or other emergency. In the event of an emergency, a task force will be established as necessary, and appropriate actions will be taken in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the company. To prepare for emergencies, we also engage in regular in-house training and safety measures for our facilities. In addition, as a safety measure for normal times, we stockpile drinking water, food, and other daily necessities at our locations nationwide to create an environment that ensures the health of our employees in the event of a disaster.

In preventing the occurrence of occupational accidents among employees, we recognize the importance of identifying potential risks of occupational accident factors. As a result of the identification of potential risks based on past occurrences and the likelihood of their occurrence over the medium to long term, and the assessment that multiplies the frequency of occurrence and the severity of the impact if they occur, we consider “occupational accidents in business-use vehicles accidents” to be a risk that should be addressed as a priority.

Occupational accidents resulting from business-use vehicles accidents are reported through a dedicated reporting channel for occupational accidents. A process is in place for reporting cases with serious consequences, such as death or serious injury, or suspected violations of laws and regulations, through the Compliance Reporting Route as well. We take appropriate action (investigation, response to findings, etc.) against occupational accidents, including drive recorder analysis at the time of an accident, to prevent recurrence.

In order to ensure the health and safety of employees and their family members posted overseas, such as providing information on consultations with industrial physicians to employees prior to posting and requiring employees on assignment to undergo medical examinations upon their temporary return, we support our employees so that they can work overseas with peace of mind through a variety of initiatives, such as enrollment in medical consultation support services in the country of assignment, follow-up on mental, physical, and lifestyle issues through personnel interviews before, during, and after returning from an assignment, and safety confirmation in the event of an emergency for all overseas assignees and overseas business trip employees.