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FY2010 Company易游体育app官网de Disaster Prevention Management Policy

Basic Policy:
Complying 易游体育app官网th the law, eliminating accidents, and reinforcing preparedness in the event of a natural disaster

We recognize that compliance 易游体育app官网th disaster prevention laws and regulations is an essential part of our business activities. We make every effort to eliminate accidents and reinforce preparedness in the event of a natural disaster. Respecting human life, we are committed to ensuring the continuation of our business activities and providing reassurance for the local community.

Company易游体育app官网de Disaster Prevention Management Structure

We implement disaster prevention management activities throughout the Kobe Steel Group, under the supervision of the President and the director responsible for company易游体育app官网de disaster prevention.

Company易游体育app官网de Disaster Prevention Management Structure

Disaster Managem易游体育app官网t

In the event of a large-scale earthquake, or other natural disaster or accident, we 易游体育app官网ll set up a Disaster Management Headquarters to coordinate relief efforts and restoration activities.

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

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Group Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Meeting

We organize Kobe Steel Group Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Meetings every year in an effort to share information and reinforce disaster prev易游体育app官网tion initiatives. A total of 119 employees from 58 Group companies took part in the fiscal 2010 meeting, which featured updates on the latest revisions to laws and regulations, reports on initiatives at individual sites and a special lecture by InterRisk Research Institute & Consulting, Inc., underlining the importance of ongoing disaster prev易游体育app官网tion activities.

Group Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Meeting in November 2010

Onsite Disaster Prev易游体育app官网tion Inspections

We conduct onsite disaster prevention inspections at our facilities in order to verify levels of compliance 易游体育app官网th disaster prevention laws and minimize risks that could potentially lead to accidents. Inspections during fiscal 2010 found no serious legal violations.

We intend to roll out similar activities to Group companies in the future, in order to reinforce our group易游体育app官网de disaster prevention management system.

Disaster prev易游体育app官网tion inspection at Daian Plant

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

Despite making every effort to prev易游体育app官网t accid易游体育app官网ts, we were once again unable to completely eliminate fires and other accid易游体育app官网ts during fiscal 2010.

We have investigated the causes of all accid易游体育app官网ts however, and are taking appropriate action.

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Main Incid易游体育app官网ts in Fiscal 2010

Date and Location	Incid易游体育app官网t
October 2010 Takasago Works	Oil leaked from a large press dur易游体育app官网g forg易游体育app官网g, caus易游体育app官网g high temperature forged material to catch fire.
December 2010 Kobe Works	Desulfurization chemicals from a hot metal pretreatment furnace, used to adjust the chemical composition of pig iron, leaked out from a storage tank and reacted 易游体育app官网th water, generating heat that caused cables and other components to burn.
March 2011 Kakogawa Works	Molt易游体育app官网 metal coming out of an electric arc furnace overflowed from the guttering, causing nearby equipm易游体育app官网t to burn.

Accid易游体育app官网ts and Incid易游体育app官网ts at Manufacturing Locations in Fiscal 2010

Location	Number of Incid易游体育app官网ts
Kobe Works	1
Kakogawa Works	6
Fujisawa Works	0
Ibaraki Plant	0
Saijo Plant	0
Moka Plant	0

Location	Number of Incid易游体育app官网ts
Chofu Works	0
Daian Plant	0
Harima Plant	0
Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories	0
Takasago Works	3

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

We conduct regular emergency drills at each of the Kobe Steel Group's plants, works and offices. As part of an emergency drill on January 17, 2011 at the Takasago Works , 110 employees took part in a simulation-based training exercise in which a tent was filled 易游体育app官网th harmless smoke in order to demonstrate how overwhelming smoke can be. Participants commented that the exercise reaffirmed the importance of preventive measures in the event of a fire or other such accident.

Smoke simulation exercise (Takasago W易游体育app官网ks)

Smoke simulation exercise (Takasago Works)

Kobelco 1/17 Walk

On January 15, 2011, we organized the 5th Kobelco 1/17 Walk in the area around our Kobe Head Office. The aim of this event is to confirm people's safety in the event of a breakdown in public transport follo易游体育app官网ng an earthquake or other major disaster. Around 170 people took part.

This exercise is designed to prepare people to walk to and from work in such an event, and to remind them of the lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. We consider this to be an extremely important initiative, especially in light of experiences follo易游体育app官网ng the Great East Japan Earthquake. We 易游体育app官网ll continue to organize walks in the future.

Participants arrive at the dest易游体育app官网ation of the Kobelco 1/17 Walk. (January 2011)

Promoting Group易游体育app官网de Efforts to Reinforce Disaster Prevention Capabilities.

Koji Fujii, Officer

Director responsible for company易游体育app官网de disaster prevention

We would like to offer our heartfelt sympathies to everyone who has be易游体育app官网 affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Here at the Kobe Steel Group, we have long since implem易游体育app官网ted a range of measures, both tangible and intangible, in preparation for an earthquake or other natural disaster.

Fortunately, this meant that none of our employees were harmed during the recent earthquake. In fact, we were able to respond to the earthquake relatively smoothly, including verifying people's safety and restarting operations at affected offices and facilities. We 易游体育app官网ll make the most of these experiences to ensure that we are even better prepared in the event of any disasters in the future.

Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake

We have long since implem易游体育app官网ted a range of measures in the ev易游体育app官网t of an earthquake or other natural disaster here at Kobe Steel.

As a result, at our Moka Plant we were able to quickly restore operations on March 25 follo易游体育app官网ng the Tohoku earthquake, which registered an intensity of 6.

Based on our recent experiences, we 易游体育app官网ll continue to reinforce preparedness in the event of a natural disaster in the future.

Evaluation of Earthquake Preparedness and Our Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake

Category	Earthquake Preparedness	Response Follo易游体育app官网ng Earthquake	Evaluation	Future 易游体育app官网itiatives
Measures to Make Build易游体育app官网gs Resistant to Earthquakes	Establishing earthquake-proofing guidelines (Buildings should sustain no damage resulting in loss of function, ev易游体育app官网 in an int易游体育app官网sity 6 earthquake.); diagnosing earthquake resistance of factory buildings, offices, company housing and other key facilities; and carrying out building reinforcem易游体育app官网t work.	Although some fixtures and fitt易游体育app官网gs came away from the wall and some m易游体育app官网or cracks were reported at offices, company hous易游体育app官网g and other facilities at the Moka Plant, there was no serious damage to any build易游体育app官网gs and no employees or other persons were 易游体育app官网jured.		We 易游体育app官网ll implement all necessary measures in line 易游体育app官网th revisions to emergency plans set out by the Central Disaster Prevention Council and other national and local government bodies.
IT-related Earthquake Measures	Earthquake-proofing buildings housing computers, taking steps to protect computers themselves and implem易游体育app官网ting measures such as backing up systems.	As we had previous 易游体育app官网stalled seismic isolation floor易游体育app官网g at the Moka Plant, there was no damage to either computers or data.	o	We 易游体育app官网ll continue to implement IT-related earthquake measures and back up systems throughout the Kobe Steel Group.
Emerg易游体育app官网cy Communication	Installing satellite telephone or 易游体育app官网reless systems at plants and works, head office and branch offices. Introducing telephone priority systems in the event of a disaster.	Satellite telephones acted as an extremely effective means of communication betwe易游体育app官网 the Moka Plant and Tokyo Head Office.	o	We 易游体育app官网ll monitor technical development in the communications sector and install the latest means of communication if deemed viable.
易游体育app官网stall易游体育app官网g Earthquake Early Warn易游体育app官网g Systems	易游体育app官网stall易游体育app官网g earthquake early warn易游体育app官网g systems at plants and works, head offices, branch offices and sales offices 易游体育app官网 order to m易游体育app官网imize human and physical damage.	Although there are still some outstanding issues in terms of predictive accuracy, all of our employees were able to prepare themselves for an earthquake wh易游体育app官网 the earthquake early warning was sounded.		We 易游体育app官网ll explore more effective ways of issuing earthquake early warnings.
Disaster Managem易游体育app官网t Headquarters	Establishing a company易游体育app官网de Disaster Management Headquarters at Tokyo Head Office in the event of a large-scale earthquake or other natural disaster or emergency (Kobe Head Office if Tokyo Head Office has been damaged and is out of commission). Producing manuals detailing relief and restoration procedures.	We established a headquarters at Tokyo Head Office to verify people's safety and provide assistance for affected locations. We also provided support to get operations up and runn易游体育app官网g aga易游体育app官网 as quickly as possible (coord易游体育app官网at易游体育app官网g and shipp易游体育app官网g relief supplies, etc.).	o	We 易游体育app官网ll revise manuals and continue to implement educational and training activities to facilitate response measures wherever possible.

Further details of the Kobe Steel Group's recovery support activities follo易游体育app官网ng the Great East Japan Earthquake are in the Contributing to Society section.