Safety and Health for Workers
In light of a serious accident in 2004, Mazda has formulated its Safety and Health Creed, and created a Safety Resolution for all employees to declare. Furthermore, we have conducted educational activities and training such as education aimed at enhancing safety awareness, and are improving equipment safety. As a result, in FY2006 we had no serious accidents, and downtime due to other accidents was also reduced.
Additionally, in FY2006 we emphasized "Safety & Health Activities" which includes our group companies, and are implementing support for training with the aim of raising awareness amongst both managers and supervisors, and employees.
- Lost Time Work Incident Ratio*
- Mazda Motor Corporation Education and Training
| Content | FY 2006 Performance | |
|---|---|---|
| Training for legal qualifications | Professional/technical courses | 9 subjects, 73 sessions, 1134 participants |
| Operations managers | 11 subjects, 25 sessions, 225 participants | |
| Special education | 17 subjects, 58 sessions, 3694 participants | |
| VDT team leader education | 2 sessions, 56 participants | |
| Recruitment education | 13 sessions, 1452 participants | |
| Skill-up training for zero accidents | Mazda mini program seminar | 1 sessions, 30 participants |
| Mazda KYT(Hazard prediction training) | 3 sessions, 99 participants | |
| Traffic KYT(Traffic hazard prediction training) | 1 sessions, 39 participants | |
| Pointing and calling confirmation training | 4 sessions, 181 participants | |
| New personnel training | Safety and health supervisor | 1 sessions, 55 participants |
| Safety and health promoters | 14 participants (full-time) | |
| Safety and health supervisors | 5 sessions, 95 participants | |
| Other training | Attitudes toward safety awareness training (for Abnormality handlers) | 1,605 participants |
| Machine designer training | 430 participants | |
| Ergonomics seminars | 5 sessions, 150 participants | |
| Measurement seminars | 3 sessions, 35 participants | |
| Seminars for periodic inspection of ventilation system | 2 sessions, 25 participants | |
| Emergency measures seminars | 1 sessions, 76 participants |
- Mazda Consolidated Companies Education and Training
| FY2006 Performance | |
|---|---|
| Manager skills improvement education | 1 sessions, 20 participants |
| Safety and health supervisor skills improvement education | 1 sessions, 19 participants |
| Operations KYT(Operations hazard prediction training), Traffic KYT | 2 sessions, 30 participants |
- Support to suppliers concerning safety and health through training and instruction
| Content | FY2006 Performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliated companies | Directors meetings, General meetings | 3 sessions | |
| Management meetings | 4 sessions | ||
| Ordinary meetings | 5 sessions | ||
| Workshops | KYT | 2 sessions | |
| Risk | 5 sessions | ||
| Safety Manager | 1 sessions | ||
| Supervisor | 1 sessions | ||
| Enhancing supervising skills | 2 sessions | ||
| Workplace patrol | 3 sessions | ||
| Toyu-kai | Committees, Departmental meetings, Conferences | 12 sessions | |
| Workshops | 10 sessions | ||
| Conventions | 1 sessions | ||
Note) Trainings are held in cooperation with affiliates and Toyu-kai.
General Safety and Health Committee
Mazda has established the General Safety and Health Committee, whose members include management executives (executives responsible for health and safety, and each division's general managers) and labor representatives (Mazda Workers' Union leaders). In line with official agreements, committee members meet to discuss and decide each year's action plan and priority measures concerning safety and health.
Objectives in FY2006
- Implement a safety and health management system to promote the development of accident free workplace through removing all risks.
- Foster a working atmosphere in which everyone fully follows safety rules.
- Promote lifestyle improvement and mental health measures.
- Promote improvement of the working environment and working methods to create a comfortable workplace.
- Aim to raise the level of safety and health management throughout the whole Mazda group.
Goals of safety and health activities
Safety:
Aiming for a safe and accident-free workplace through increasing safety features in equipment and eliminating careless behavior.
Hygiene:
Aiming for the creation of a comfortable workplace through improvements in working environment and operations.
Health:
Aiming for reductions in sick leave and improvements in health through employee lifestyle reviews and mental health management.
Accident prevention:
Aiming for the prevention of accidents and fires through comprehensive risk management.
Transportation:
Aiming for improvement in traffic safety awareness among all employees so they become role models, encouraging safe driving attitudes throughout society.
- Formal agreements with the Mazda Workers' Union on safety and health
- Various policies shall be discussed and determined annually by the General Safety and Health Committee.
- The Mazda Workers' Union shall be represented on each divisional Safety and Health Committee to carry out exchange of opinions.
- Periodic workplace inspections shall be conducted by labor and management representatives.
- Accident recurrence prevention inspection meetings shall be conducted by labor and management representatives.
Mazda Workplace Safety and Health Management System
In FY2005, Mazda introduced a safety and health management system to ensure continuous and autonomous safety and health management. This system employs plan-do-check-act (PDCA) procedures. The system's activity plan uses specific risk factors determined through risk assessments. We perform system assessments to determine and evaluate the management system's operating status. This information is linked with the PDCA cycle to reduce the potential for work-related accidents and enhance overall levels of health and hygiene.
- Risk assessment activities
In 2005, we conducted risk assessments of all facilities to determine potential risks during manufacturing and testing activities at factories, as well as office work. We introduced countermeasures based on these factors. In FY2006, we began conducting facility risk assessments whenever equipment is newly introduced or changed. In this manner, Mazda is moving from a recurrence-prevention to a pre-emptive system. - Results of system assessment activities (Initiatives commencing FY2006)
- Ensure that workplace safety and health activities are self-governed and self-contained
- Ensure that weaknesses in safety and health activities are identified and management levels improved
- Reform activities that concentrate on results into activities that focus on process
Strengthened Mental Health Measures and Promoting Lifestyle Improvements
2006 Mental health rally convention
Mazda's companywide health promotion activities place their emphases upon "strengthened mental health measures" and "promoting lifestyle improvements."
Our mental health measures include the development of a consulting system that utilizes specialists, and we are carrying out ongoing seminars both for managers and supervisors, and for employees (autogenic training, etc.). These seminars have raised employee awareness of mental health issues and enabled them to quickly seek help if required. We have put together a team comprising five full time occupational physicians, one part-time mental health occupational physician, and 27 occupational health nurses. The team offers detailed support, ranging from consultations through to follow-up. For employees who have lost time at work due to mental health issues, we have established a "trial work system" and a "shortened work hour resumption system" to assist them in making a smooth return to the workplace.
As a part of our lifestyle improvements, we have implemented a companywide smoke-free day. FY2006 saw our smoking rate drop to 38.4%, with our final target companywide smoker ratio being 27%. Mazda has also set "70% or more 10,000-step days" as a companywide goal, and is promoting walking through measures such as the distribution of pedometers; carrying out events such as the "10,000-step challenge," which aims at the target of 10,000 steps every day; the "Eco-Walk Commuting Program" (with allowance payment);" and the establishment of an internal walking course.
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