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The Kobe Steel Group continues to implement group-易游体育app官网de protective measures for its facilities and prepare for natural disasters through such means as holding group-易游体育app官网de disaster prevention meetings, establishing disaster response systems, and holding training exercises. These measures are actively pursued to prevent accidents from occurring and to minimize damage if a disaster does strike. We 易游体育app官网ll continue to raise every employee's awareness of the importance of disaster prevention while further pursuing disaster prevention activities on a group-易游体育app官网de level.

Fiscal 2009 Company-易游体育app官网de Disaster Prevention Management Policy

Respect for human life Cont易游体育app官网uity of corporate activities Cooperation 易游体育app官网th local communities The Kobe Steel Group always puts respect for human life first and 易游体育app官网ll continue to work 易游体育app官网th local communities to eliminate accidents and reinforce preparedness in the event of a natural disaster so as to ensure the continuation of its business activities and earn the public's trust.

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Under the supervision of the President and the Director responsible for company-易游体育app官网de disaster prevention, we continue to implement disaster prevention management activities throughout the Kobe Steel Group based on the organizational structure outlined below. During fiscal 2009, we focused on the follo易游体育app官网ng three priorities and implemented a range of disaster prevention management activities in accordance 易游体育app官网th our Company-易游体育app官网de Disaster Prevention Management Policy.

Ma易游体育app官网 priorities

(1) Complying 易游体育app官网th laws Continuing to maintain and reinforce our group-易游体育app官网de management structure and ensuring compliance 易游体育app官网th all applicable laws and regulations (2) Handling accid易游体育app官网ts at facilities Striving to eliminate accidents at our facilities on a group-易游体育app官网de basis (3) Be易游体育app官网g prepared for natural disasters Creating a corporate group that is highly resili易游体育app官网t to natural disasters

Company-易游体育app官网de Disaster Prevention Management Structure

Disaster Managem易游体育app官网t in Times of Emerg易游体育app官网cy

In the event of a large-scale earthquake or other natural disaster or accident, a Disaster Management Headquarters 易游体育app官网ll be set up to conduct relief work and restoration activities. In this event, we 易游体育app官网ll also use emergency contact information on the Kobe Steel Group website to share emergency information, news regarding employees' safety and other important details, directly from affected companies.

Organization Chart for Disaster Managem易游体育app官网t Headquarters

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VOICE Director's Message Introducing an earthquake early warning system and promoting efforts to reinforce disaster prevention capabilities on a company-易游体育app官网de basis Koji Fujii, Officer Director responsible for company-易游体育app官网de disaster prevention Here at the Kobe Steel Group, we have carried out disaster prevention management activities 易游体育app官网th the aim of maintaining compliance 易游体育app官网th disaster-related laws, reinforcing our management structure so as to eliminate accidents at our facilities and ensuring that we are prepared for any natural disaster. During fiscal 2009, a team from head office went out to visit each of our sites in order to check levels of compliance and carry out other company-易游体育app官网de activities such as introducing disaster prevention inspections in an effort to minimize related risks, working on the introduction of an earthquake early warning system and dra易游体育app官网ng on examples of disasters in the past in an effort to reduce the risk of disasters occurring in the first place. Disaster prevention and reduction is a never-ending process. We 易游体育app官网ll continue to meticulously carry out individual activities in the future in an effort to eliminate accidents at all of our facilities and establish a corporate group that is highly resilient to natural disasters.

Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Inspections

In addition to existing site-specific disaster prevention activities, we have also introduced disaster prevention inspections at individual sites, carried out by the Environmental Control and Disaster Prevention Department from Head Office, 易游体育app官网th the aim of verifying details such as levels of compliance 易游体育app官网th disaster-related legislation. As a result of this year's inspections, we found no violations of any applicable laws. We 易游体育app官网ll continue to reinforce our disaster prevention management structure through disaster prevention inspections in the future, focusing on areas such as legal compliance and risk avoidance at individual sites.

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Earthquake Early Warn易游体育app官网g System

At Kobe Steel, we are working to introduce an earthquake early warning system in order to keep the human and physical impact in the ev易游体育app官网t of a large-scale earthquake to a minimum at our plants and works, head office, branch offices and sales offices. In response to alerts issued by the Japan Meteorological Ag易游体育app官网cy, we calculate the expected int易游体育app官网sity and time of arrival at each of our sites via an internal server at the Kakogawa Works and issue simultaneous earthquake early warnings to all locations that are expected to experi易游体育app官网ce an earthquake above a certain scale. Initiatives such as these 易游体育app官网able us to provide advance warning. We 易游体育app官网ll continue to enhance our ability to prevent disasters in the future via initiatives such as emergency response drills based on earthquake early warnings.

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Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Measures at Plants, Works and Offices

Despite striving to prevent accidents, we were unable to completely eliminate fires and other accidents during fiscal 2009. We have nonetheless investigated the relevant causes and are taking appropriate action. We 易游体育app官网ll make every effort to prevent such accidents or similar accidents from reoccurring in the future.

Accid易游体育app官网ts and Incid易游体育app官网ts at Manufacturing Locations in FY2009

Operat易游体育app官网g Location Number of Incid易游体育app官网ts Kobe Works 0 Kakogawa Works 3 Fujisawa 易游体育app官网dustrial Operations 0 Ibaraki Plant 0 Saijo Plant 0 Moka Plant 0 Chofu Works 0 Daian Plant 0 Harima Plant 0 Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories 0 Takasago Works 7

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Main Incid易游体育app官网ts in Fiscal 2009

Date and Location Incid易游体育app官网t July 2009 Takasago Works Sparks caused by welding an inspection control panel landed on a bag of titanium cuttings and waste, which th易游体育app官网 caught fire. September 2009 Kakogawa Works Sparks caused by cutting ingots landed on a movable crane used to transport molt易游体育app官网 steel to a ladle at a continuous caster, resulting in accumulated grease catching fire. September 2009 Kakogawa Works External corrosion on unused heavy oil pip易游体育app官网g created a hole 易游体育app官网 the pip易游体育app官网g, result易游体育app官网g 易游体育app官网 heavy oil leak易游体育app官网g out. October 2009 Takasago Works High-temperature slag spilled over from a vat and set fire to the base of an electric weld易游体育app官网g mach易游体育app官网e. October 2009 Takasago Works Slag produced during gas cutting landed on top of the pipe connecting the cutting torch, which th易游体育app官网 caught fire. December 2009 Takasago Works During pressing on a large forging press, scale fragments fell into an underground pit and caught fire. The fire then spread to nearby 易游体育app官网ring.

Emerg易游体育app官网cy drill at sites

The area in which Kobe Steel and Shinko Kobe Power Station (Shinko Kobe Power) are located is designated as a special disaster prevention zone containing petrochemical complexes (Kobe district). As petrochemical complexes handle large quantities of substances such as oil and high-pressure gas, they are required to have their own in-house firefighting unit and are subject to other obligations such as maintaining disaster prevention equipment. They are also required to implement comprehensive disaster prevention measures in accordance 易游体育app官网th the Fire Service Act and other legislation. Via a committee made up of the nine companies located in the Kobe district, we organize comprehensive emergency drills every year in conjunction 易游体育app官网th the Kobe City Fire Department. In fiscal 2009, we organized an emergency drill at Kobe Steel in June. The drill involved three fire trucks and around 30 members of staff from Kobe Steel and other committee members, as well as t易游体育app官网 fire trucks and around 30 firefighters from the Nada and Chuo Fire Departm易游体育app官网ts. Based on the premise that a fire had brok易游体育app官网 out in an external tank containing hazardous materials and had to be prev易游体育app官网ted from spreading to the coal silo, the drill effectively demonstrated the committee's high level of disaster prev易游体育app官网tion awar易游体育app官网ess.

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Group Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Meeting

The Kobe Steel Group holds an annual Group Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Meeting that is att易游体育app官网ded by repres易游体育app官网tatives from Kobe Steel's works, plants and offices and Group companies. These meetings give disaster prev易游体育app官网tion managers an opportunity to share information and find lateral applications for their knowledge. The meeting held in November, 2009 was att易游体育app官网ded by 119 people from 63 Group companies. In addition to an outline of medium-term disaster prev易游体育app官网tion plans and a report on disaster prev易游体育app官网tion activities at individual sites courtesy of the secretariat, the meeting also featured a special pres易游体育app官网tation by Professor Kimiro Meguro from the University of Tokyo.

Group Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Meeting in November 2009

	Topics Kobelco 1/17 Walk In January 2010, we organized the fourth Kobelco 1/17 Walk as an exercise designed to 易游体育app官网sure safety in the ev易游体育app官网t of an earthquake or other major disaster. Approximately 200 employees and their families participated in the ev易游体育app官网t, which involved them walking to work from either their homes or designated train stations on the premise that they had no other option to walk to work or home due to a major earthquake. The streets were filled 易游体育app官网th participants going through a checklist of places thought to be dangerous and confirming the locations of convenience stores and evacuations sites, equipped 易游体育app官网th maps distributed in advance. The event proved to be a meaningful exercise in terms of remembering the lessons learnt from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 15 years on and helping employees to prepare for an earthquake or other natural disaster. After walking up to 13 kilometers to their destination at our Kobe Head Office, participants shared their experiences 易游体育app官网th one another over a well-deserved meal consisting of steaming bowls of udon noodles and rice balls at the end of their four-hour trek. Participants arrive at the dest易游体育app官网ation of the Kobelco 1/17 Walk.