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Occupational Safety and Health Policy

Occupational Safety Health And Management System

  • We are committed in providing a work and living environment that is safe, healthy and sanitary, the Company has implemented the occupational safety and health management system, OHSAS 18001:2007, since December 5 of 2007. The system is implemented by the environmental and occupational safety and health execution team and designated personnel from different departments. To ensure the system operates effectively, periodic follow-ups and audits are conducted every year, and system verification is performed with BV certification. Relevant policy is as follows:

    Occupational Safety and Health Policy

    “Comply with regulations, manage risk, full participation, strengthen communication, continuous improvements, zero hazards.”

    • Continue to improve occupational safety and health
    • Implement risk management
    • Strengthen employee training and responsiveness
    • Encourage all employees to take full participation
    • Comply with safety regulations to protect employees’ health
    • Strengthen employees' awareness, responsibility, and commitment to occupational safety and health.
    • The Company follows the above Occupational Safety and Health Policy as a guideline to safeguard the work environment of our employees and their well-being. Besides adhering to the relevant laws and regulations, we aim to achieve excellence and pursue ongoing enhancements. In 2019, we obtained the ISO 45001:2018 BV certification with validation from September 23, 2022 to September 15, 2025.

    The following demonstrate the effectiveness of our occupational safety and health procedures:

    • Potential health and safety hazards (e.g., chemical, electrical, and other energy, fire, vehicle, and fall hazards) that employees may encounter should be recognized, assessed, and managed through proper design, engineering and control management, preventive maintenance and safety operation procedures, and ongoing safety training. To reduce risks, we leverage “hierarchical controls” (such as elimination of hazards, using alternative processes and materials, etc.), and provide employees with appropriate, quality personal protective equipment as well as ongoing training and education on potential risks. Reasonable measures must be taken to ensure pregnant and breastfeeding women are kept away from hazardous work environments.
    • Identify and assess potential emergencies and incidents. Emergency response programs and procedures should be put in place to reduce hazards to life, environment, and property, including emergency reporting, personnel notification, evacuation procedures, worker training and drills, proper fire detection and fire extinguisher, adequate escape facilities, and recovery plans.
    • We shall implement procedures and systems in place to prevent, manage, track, and report work-related injuries and occupational diseases. These include provisions to encourage employees to report incidences; categorize and document occurrences of work-related injuries and occupational diseases; offer appropriate care; investigate cases and implement remedial action to resolve underlying causes, and support employees in resuming work.
    • We shall assess, evaluate, and contain the potential situation of employees coming into contact with chemical, biological, and physical substances. In the event that engineering methods and management are not adequate to contain hazards, appropriate personal protective equipment should be provided to employees.
    • Risks associated with physical work of heavy-lifting should be identified, assessed, and managed, including manually transporting materials or frequently lifting heavy objects, standing for long periods, and doing highly repetitive or strenuous assembly work.
    • Potential safety risks associated with production equipment and other types of machinery shall be properly assessed. To prevent possible injuries to employees from machine-related injuries, physical guards, interlocking devices, and barriers must be provided and well-stored.
    • Providing employees with clean restrooms, clean drinking water, and food. Dormitories provided to employees must be sanitary and secure, with sufficient lighting and hot water for showering, proper air circulation, adequate amount of personal and storage space, as well as sufficient emergency exits.
    • Provide employees with information and training material on occupational health and safety in their language, so to help them recognize all workplace-related hazards that they may be exposed to, such as mechanical, electrical, chemical, fire, and physical hazards. Display information related to occupational health and safety in visible places in the workplace, or display in location where employees can clearly see and gain access to. Regularly train all employees before and after they commence work. Employees should feel at ease to report any health and safety concerns without fear of reprisals.
    • Organize various wellness events to increase employees' health awareness.

    Implementation Status:

    • Establish a dedicated health center: on-site clinic is set up in each site, qualified medical personnel is hired to ensure the well-being of our employees. Cooperate with local professional medical centers to schedule annual employee health check-ups, conduct follow ups on abnormal conditions, and implement doctors' on-site services, provide health education, health awareness and health consultations, as well as the prevention and treatment of occupational-related injuries, common injuries and diseases, and health advises to prevent occupational diseases and to implement employee health management.
    • Women's health protection: when a female employee informs the Company of her pregnancy, the medical staff will conduct a hazard identification, risk assessment and job function evaluation. For direct labor, appropriate job functions will be arranged after consulting with on-site medical staff. Health education on pregnancy and postpartum periods are provided to pregnant employees. The company further provides designated parking spaces for expectant women and optimized route for entering the factory. In addition, breastfeeding rooms are available exclusively for female employees who need nursing care.
    • Implementation of occupational safety and health education: in accordance with Article 32 of the Occupational Safety and Health Law and Article 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training Rules, the Company provides safety and health education and training for new hires and on-the-job occupational safety and health training for existing employees every six months. Employees are required to pass relevant tests to complete the training courses. Aside from strengthening the management of occupational environments and safety, we also focus on related education and training, including training for first responders, safety and health education for regular employees and professional production line workers. The Company arranges paid external training on specific occupational hazards, including operations of high-pressure gas specific equipment, anoxic operation supervisors, specific chemical substance operation supervisors, and forklifts operations. The retraining rate of license-related personnel is 100% in compliance with laws and regulations, so as to effectively prevent occupational injuries and ensure occupational safety.
    • Conduct occupational health and safety risk assessment: strengthen the identification and risk assessment of hazards through implementing management operating procedures. Internal risk assessment personnel are required to pass the internal audit certification of the occupational safety and health management system. Additional measures are implemented to prevent major possible impacts, scope include work-related injuries and occupational diseases, such as chemicals, machinery, electrical, equipment and transportation. Moreover, we further improve the planning and handling of events with high-risk frequency, for instance, such as traffic injuries, the Company would increase employees awareness and education on the hazards to reduce work-related injuries.
    • Formulating operation procedures for communication, consultation and participation in environmental and occupational safety and health affairs: through the establishment of the Company’s environmental safety and health management system, we are able to manage both internal and external communication, consultation, and participation. Important messages from the environmental safety and health management system can be easily accessed by stakeholders, and further encourage the Company and stakeholders to interact and to participate in environmental safety and health affairs.
    • AED (Automated External Defibrillator): is installed in each production site, and training on AED operations and CPR are implemented.
    • Regular fire drills, emergency escape training and monthly fire inspections are implemented annually: conduct monthly inspection on various safety procedures and equipment operations, prepare fire prevention plans, and perform task grouping and actual drills of fire fighting equipment. We further implement training, notification, evacuation drills, first aid training, fire safety courses in accordance with regulations to implement disaster prevention work and prevent potential incidents.
    • Prevention and mitigation of occupational safety and health of suppliers: identify the risks and hazards of occupational safety and health through contractor surveys and contractor audits. The completion rate of contractor surveys on occupational safety and health operation procedures is 100%.
    • Formulate operation procedures on accident investigation and handling: the purpose of formulating investigation and handling mechanism is to prevent accidents and losses from spreading, and to enable effective preventive measures to avoid future accidents. Establish accident reporting and handling procedures as the basis for handling accidents in the emergency operation area. Reporting should be completed in timely manner, so that the occupational safety and health unit can conduct accident investigation and handling, and to prevent future occurrences. If any non-compliance with the occupational safety and health requirements is found, improvement should be implemented in accordance with "Operating Procedures for Corrective and Preventive Measures for Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health".