Fostering Safety, Hygiene and Environmental-friendliness

Operation of the Occupational Safety and Health Management System

Yoke’s ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System certification scope covers Plants 1 and 2, with operational activities encompassing both production and non-production facilities. Equipment coverage includes both routine and non-routine operational activities, and personnel include employees and non-employee workers (including subcontractors) entering Yoke’s jurisdictional areas for all operational activities. In addition, overseas locations (Shanghai, United States, United Kingdom, and Indonesia, totaling 27 people) are sales and management offices with small headcounts, primarily operating in compliance with local occupational safety regulations.　

We have established the Occupational Safety and Health Committee in accordance with the Regulations. Each members enjoys a term of office for two years. The committee holds a committee meeting quarterly. The general manager is the committee chair. The committee has 30 representatives, including 10 labor representatives (33.33%) and meeting the legal requirement that at least one third of all members are labor representatives. The Committee is responsible for communicating, participating and consulting on requirements and issues relating to pertinent occupational safety and health regulations, tracking YOKE’s annual OHS management objectives and reviewing training outcomes.

Occupational Health and Safety Management Measures

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Conduct regular occupational health and safety hazard identification and risk assessment, and propose management solutions for high-risk operations to prevent hazards.
Through change management assessment, re-conduct environmental aspects and hazard identification and risk assessment for newly added or modified operational activities.
Conduct regular regulatory identification to review opportunities or risks related to the latest regulations or currently applicable regulations, and plan corresponding measures for implementation.

Emergency Response Plans and Drill

Conduct emergency response drills annually.

Employee Participation and Communication

Quarterly occupational safety and health.
Company-wide improvement proposal system, encouraging all departments to pro-actively report environmental and safety improvement items.

Training and Promotion

New employee training and regular on-the-job training.
Unit-initiated safety and health advocacy.

Accident Investigation and Assessment

Investigation of accidents, formulation of improvement measures, and regular follow-up meetings.
Irregular audits of accident improvement measure maintenance status.

Contractor Safety Management

Regular contractor meetings and training sessions.
Contractor safety and health management performance evaluation.
Irregular inspections of contractor construction safety and health management and facilities annual health examinations.

Health Services

Annual health examination.
Regular arrangement of special health examinations for special hazardous operations (such as: noise, dust, high temperature)
Regular on-site consultation services provided by physicians.

Internal Audit

Annual internal audits conducted in accordance with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, with improvement measures implemented for non-conformities.
Safety personnel from the Occupational Safety Office conduct on-site safety observations irregularly, working with operational supervisors to identify hidden risks in real time.
Regular occupational safety and health management performance evaluations are conducted and incorporated into supervisors’ performance assessments.

Environment