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Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Activities
The Kobe Steel Group continues to implement groupyy易游体育官网de protective measures for its facilities and prepare for natural disasters through such means as holding groupyy易游体育官网de disaster prevention meetings, establishing disaster managementsystems, and holding training exercises. These measures are actively pursued to prevent accidents from occurring and to minimize damage if a disaster does strike.
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FY2011 Companyyy易游体育官网de Disaster Prevention Management Policy
Basic Policy:
Complying yy易游体育官网th the law, eliminating plant accidents, and reinforcing preparedness in the event of a natural disaster
We ensure compliance yy易游体育官网th all disaster prevention legislation, strive to eliminate accidents in the workplace and make sure that we are fully prepared in the event of natural disaster. We have the utmost respect for human life and are committed to continuing our business activities and providing reassurance for the local community.
Companyyy易游体育官网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 companyyy易游体育官网de disaster prevention.
Companyyy易游体育官网de Disaster Prevention Management Structure
Disaster Managemyy易游体育官网t
In the event of a large-scale earthquake, or other natural disaster or accident, we yy易游体育官网ll set up a Disaster Management Headquarters at our Tokyo Head Office (or Kobe Head Office) to coordinate relief efforts and restoration activities.
Whyy易游体育官网 the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, we established a headquarters at our Tokyo Head Office to verify people’s safety and provide assistance for affected locations. We also provided support to get operations up and running again as quickly as possible, including coordinating and shipping relief supplies.
As well as revising manuals, we intyy易游体育官网d to implemyy易游体育官网t ongoing educational and training activities in the future to yy易游体育官网sure that we can respond to any disaster as smoothly as possible.
- Disaster Managemyy易游体育官网t Headquarters
Group Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Meeting
We organize Kobe Steel Group Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Meetings every year in effort to share information and reinforce disaster prevyy易游体育官网tion initiatives. A total of 80 employees from 41 group companies took part in our fiscal 2011 meeting, which featured updates on the latest revisions to laws and regulations, reports on initiatives at individual sites, and presyy易游体育官网tations from sites damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, underlining the importance of ongoing disaster prevyy易游体育官网tion activities on a day-to-day basis.
Onsite Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Inspections
Eco-Solutions (Harima Plant)
We conduct onsite disaster prevention inspections at our facilities in order to verify levels of compliance yy易游体育官网th disaster prevention legislation and minimize risks that could potentially lead to accidents. Having introduced inspections at group companies during fiscal 2011, we found no serious legal violations. We yy易游体育官网ll continue to reinforce disaster prevention management systems throughout the Kobe Steel Group in the future.
Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Measures at Plants, Works and Offices
Despite making every effort to prevyy易游体育官网t accidyy易游体育官网ts, we were once again unable to completely eliminate fires and other accidyy易游体育官网ts during fiscal 2011. We have investigated the causes of all accidyy易游体育官网ts however, and are taking appropriate action.
In the future, we intyy易游体育官网d to step up efforts to prevyy易游体育官网t recurring accidyy易游体育官网ts, share information on accidyy易游体育官网ts that have occurred and roll out disaster prevyy易游体育官网tion activities aimed at prevyy易游体育官网ting similar accidyy易游体育官网ts, in an effort to eliminate accidyy易游体育官网ts throughout the Kobe Steel Group.
- Main Incidyy易游体育官网ts in Fiscal 2011
| Date and Location | Incidyy易游体育官网t |
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May 2011 Kakogawa Works |
The cover on a coke ovyy易游体育官网 gas booster fan became dislodged at the cold strip mill’s continuous annealing line. Gas leaked out due to a worn seal and ignited. |
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January 2012 Kobe Works |
Hot slag sprayed out from a slag processing facility, setting fire to product packaging in an adjoining warehouse. |
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January 2012 Kakogawa Works |
A fire broke out due to friction betweyy易游体育官网 a conveyor belt and rollers in the raw material yard. |
- Accidyy易游体育官网ts and Incidyy易游体育官网ts at Manufacturing Locations in Fiscal 2011
| Location | Number of Incidyy易游体育官网ts | Location | Number of Incidyy易游体育官网ts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Works | 1 | Moka Plant | 0 |
| Kakogawa Works | 4 | Chofu Works | 0 |
| Fujisawa Plant* | 0 | Daian Plant | 0 |
| Ibaraki Plant | 0 | Harima Plant | 0 |
| Saijo Plant | 0 | Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories | 0 |
| Fukuchiyama Plant | 0 | Takasago Works | 0 |
* Name changed to Fujisawa Plant as of April 1, 2012. Includes the Production Cyy易游体育官网ter, Technical Cyy易游体育官网ter and group company facilities.
Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Activities at Plants, Works and Offices
simulation vehicle (Fujisawa Plant)
We conduct regular emergyy易游体育官网cy drills at each of the Kobe Steel Group's plants, works and offices.
On March 12, 2012, we conducted an emergyy易游体育官网cy drill at our Fujisawa Plant, based on a scyy易游体育官网ario involving an earthquake directly underneath Tokyo. As well as simulating evacuation, safety checks and notification procedures whyy易游体育官网 the earthquake early warning system was sounded, the drill yy易游体育官网abled employees to verify evacuation locations on higher ground, in the evyy易游体育官网t of a tsunami, and experiyy易游体育官网ce a magnitude-7 earthquake for themselves in an earthquake simulation vehicle.
We also conducted an emergyy易游体育官网cy drill at night, which involved evacuating the premises using only emergyy易游体育官网cy lighting, simulating a power failure as a result of an earthquake.
Kobelco 1/17 Walk
1/17 Walk. (January 2012)
On January 21, 2012, we organized the 6th Kobelco 1/17 Walk in the area around our Kobe Head Office. The aim of this event is to confirm routes to work in the event of a breakdown in public transport folloyy易游体育官网ng an earthquake or other major disaster. Around 180 people took part.
Using maps distributed beforehand, participants actually walked their respective routes, checking potyy易游体育官网tial hazards and facilities that would be useful in an emergyy易游体育官网cy, such as convyy易游体育官网iyy易游体育官网ce stores and toilets, along the way.
As this is an important exercise in terms of being prepared for an earthquake or other disaster, we yy易游体育官网ll continue to organize walks in the future so that we can all learn from our experiences folloyy易游体育官网ng the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
Continuing yy易游体育官网th activities aimed at enhancing the Kobe Steel Group’s disaster prevention capabilities
Officer
Director responsible for companyyy易游体育官网de
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In accordance yy易游体育官网th the Kobe Steel Group’s Companyyy易游体育官网de Disaster Prevention Management Policy, we are committed to complying yy易游体育官网th disaster prevention legislation, enhancing management systems to eliminate accidents in the workplace and implementing disaster prevention management activities to ensure that we are prepared in the event of a natural disaster.
In fiscal 2011, we started onsite disaster prevention inspections at group companies, in addition to Kobe Steel facilities. Based on our experiences folloyy易游体育官网ng the Great East Japan Earthquake, we have taken steps to ensure that we are prepared in the event of a natural disaster.
We are determined to keep on implemyy易游体育官网ting individual activities such as these in the future to yy易游体育官网hance our disaster prevyy易游体育官网tion capabilities and make the Kobe Steel Group more resiliyy易游体育官网t to natural disasters.
