Safety Management / Health Management

Workforce health and safety management

Safety and Health Declaration

The Basic Safety and Health Policy articulates Chubu Electric Power’s policy to create a better environment so that our work colleagues, including our subcontractors, can devote themselves to their work in a safe and healthy way and work actively. Under the Basic Policy, we have formulated the Safety and Health Principles of Action as a specific code of conduct for executives and employees to foster a corporate culture and workplace atmosphere, which value people.

Structure to promote safety and health activities

Safety and Health Promotion Conference

We regularly hold a Safety and Health Promotion Conference chaired by the President of Chubu Electric Power, with members including the presidents of Chubu Electric Power Grid and Chubu Electric Power Miraiz, other members of the management team, labor unions, health insurance associations, and external experts. To foster a safety culture and promote health management across the three Chubu Electric Power companies, we set quantitative goals for safety and health, prioritize initiatives, develop action plans, and conduct discussions and decisions. Based on these, we monitor the achievement of safety and health goals and the progress of initiatives across each company, including responses to contractor-related accidents, and implement continuous improvements through the PDCA cycle.

Safety and Health Promotion Conference of Each Company

Each operating company has established a Safety and Health Promotion Conference chaired by the president of the company, which reviews and decides on measures to address safety and health issues.

Safety and Health Committee

In accordance with the Labor Safety and Health Act, we have established Safety and Health Committees at each workplace, composed of a majority of workers. Each committee sets safety and health goals, develops action plans, and implements continuous improvements through the PDCA cycle to ensure workplace safety and health.

Supervision by the Board of Directors

Important matters (including incidents resulting in fatal accidents) that have been discussed or reported at the Safety and Health Promotion Council are reported to the Board of Directors.

Management through KGI

• Safety
  We have set "zero fatal accidents" as a company-wide KGI target for fiscal 2024.
• Health
  To ensure that all employees can work in good physical and mental health, we have set the following company-wide KGI targets to be achieved by fiscal 2024.
  • Presenteeism (work performance) 97.5% or higher (Note 1)
  • Absenteeism (work loss due to injuries and illnesses) Less than 0.84% (Note 2)

(Note 1) 100% represents the best performance. Measured using the WLQ-J in the 2024 fiscal year and the SPQ in the 2025 fiscal year.

(Note 2) Calculated based on missed due to injuries and illnesses.

Risk assessment

Due diligence for new businesses, projects, and M&A

When making decisions regarding new business ventures, project investments, and M&A at board of directors or executive committee meetings, we require confirmation of compliance with labor laws, public safety, and the absence of human rights violations as one of the criteria.

Risk Assessment

We conduct investigations into hazards or harmful factors in our existing businesses or projects and implement necessary measures. The Safety and Health Committee sets quantitative goals to address these risks, prioritizes them, and establishes action plans. We also regularly evaluate progress toward these goals in terms of health issues, risk reduction, and prevention.

Providing safety and health training

Senior management, as leaders for fostering a culture of safety and promoting health management, have been receiving safety and health training by outside specialists. In FY2023, 32 executives participated in the program that spanned over the period of six months and undertook safety and health initiatives while setting targets by themselves.

For heads of the departments who are the key persons for safety and health activities in each workplace, we provide workshop-style training designed to raise awareness, encourage behavior change and instill the Safety and Health Principles of Action in the workplace. In FY2023, 77 group heads attended the training. Additionally, we are enhancing rank-based safety and health training for employees holding managerial positions, new employees and others.