Sustainability

Meidensha Completes Acquisition of OHSAS18001 Certification at Four Major Production Facilities in Japan

2016-03-28

 

MeidenshaCorporation has completed acquisition of OHSAS18001 certification at all the four majorproduction facilities in Japan (Numazu Works, Ohta Works,Nagoya Works, and KofuMeidensha).

 

OHSAS18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) is one of thestandards under the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS), and is an international standard for occupational healthand safety that aims to provide safe working environments for employees.

 

Asan enterprise that provides products to support social infrastructure, the MeidenGroup believes that in order to create safe products, it is crucial to enhance thehealth and safety awareness of every single employeeon working environments.

 

Meidensha’s undertaking to acquire OHSAS 18001certification commenced in fiscal year 2013. In fiscal year 2014,Meidensha formed Operational Health and Safety ManagementDepartment to encourage acquisition of thiscertification and to strengthen its occupational health and safety managementundertaking.This supervisory department conducts repeated training sessions dedicated toraising health and safety awareness and strives toimprove working environments, based on the concept of risk assessment.

 

The certification was first acquired at Ohta Works in October 2015, and then at Numazu Works in December 2015, followedby Nagoya Worksand Kofu Meidensha in January 2016 including all the subsidiary companies on the factory premises. Meiden Singapore Pte. Ltd., a major overseas production site, acquired thiscertification in fiscal year 2013.

 

The Meiden Group will continue its efforts in promoting its occupationalhealth and safety management system and providing comfortable and safe working environments toits employeesnot only in its domestic facilities, but toall the Group’s employeesacross the world.

 

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