In addition to basic legal compliance, Furukawa Electric Group prioritized initiatives that promote "becoming a safety conscious person" and "realizing fundamental safety." Our basic approach is to aim for zero accidents and zero illness through safety activities focusing on three initiatives, that is, safety management in addition to the abovementioned two initiatives.

Furukawa Elect r ic Group has established the Furukawa Electric Group Occupational Health & Safety Committee (on which the President serves as committee chairman) as the highest body for promoting occupational health and safety at a group level. The committee membership is composed of executives, and carries out deliberation, decision-making and follow-up activities for Furukawa Electric group as a whole in respect to policies and initiatives in health and safety.

In terms of its performance in fiscal 2019, Furukawa Electric recorded four “accidents with working loss days”, and failed to meet its target of “zero accidents with working loss days”. The frequency rate of accidents resulting in time off work ^{(note 1)} increased to 0.59 in Furukawa Electric only but decreased to 0.32 among all Group companies in Japan ^{(note 2)}.

Meanwhile, the 2019 accident frequency rate for the whole Group including overseas Group companies was 0.6. This included accidents both resulting in and not resulting in time off work.

In accordance with the Guidelines issued by the Labor Standards Bureau entitled “Measures to be Taken by Employers to Prevent Health Impairment Due to Overwork”, we strive to manage the health of employees who work long hours by implementing strict limitations on working hours based on the results of health checkups and by arranging consultations for such workers with industrial physicians.

We have been taking steps to safeguard the mental health of our employees since fiscal 2002. We have introduced a counseling system based on an external employee assistance program (EAP) and Company-wide mental health education programs, including line-care, and self-care training. In fiscal 2016, we brought in a system to investigate the stress experienced by our employees following a revision of Japanese law. We also provide the opportunity for employees to consult with a doctor.

Since fiscal 2003, the Company has fully embraced efforts to curb the smoking of tobacco and taken steps to prevent exposure to secondhand smoke and promote non-smoking lifestyles. We have achieved the Company-wide goals of no smoking during working hours (FY2017) and no smoking on the premises (FY2020). The smoking rate of male employees decreased from 53.3% in fiscal 2002 to 26.0% in fiscal 2019, an indicator that our initiatives have had a positive impact on the lifestyles and habits of our employees. We will continue to assist smokers as they work to quit smoking.

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From 2017 to 2020, 4 years in a row, The Company was certified as “Health Management Brand 2019” selected by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Tokyo Stock Exchange, in addition to “Health Management Superior Corporation 2019 (White 500)” which practiced good health management under the METI's health management excellent corporation certification system.

In addition, on May 15, 2017, from the managerial viewpoint, “Furukawa Electric Group Health Management Declaration” was enacted, in order to promote “Health Management” which strategically strives for the health management and the health promotion of the employees. In order to “aim to become a creative and full of vitality corporate group by taking advantage of the diverse human resources”, we will keep making “a company where everyone works vigorously, keeps growing and is proud” by prioritizing safety and health to everything, promoting various activities mindful of health management throughout the Company.

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