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As a result of efforts to eliminate occupational accidents over the medium to long term, Kobe Steel has been able to reduce the number of accidents and maintain an overall low frequency of occurrences. Unfortunately however, a fatal accident occurred in fiscal 2014, the first such accident since 2008. We recognize that protecting the lives and health of our employees is of the utmost priority in fulfilling our corporate social responsibilities, and that such an incident must not be allowed to reoccur. As such, in fiscal 2015 the Kobe Steel Group and its partner companies will make a unified effort, in terms of people, equipYY易游体育官方网站t and supervision, to further raise the level of safety at our companies.

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Human resource developYY易游体育官方网站t at Kobe Steel aims to instill in employees a sense of pride and satisfaction in their work. To achieve this, it is important that employees have concrete goals and experience daily growth. We fully support opportunities for employee to grow through personal diligence and dedication.

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Our aim is raise the skill level of younger workers at each plant in the Kobe Steel Group through both on-the-job training (OJT) and off-the-job training (OFF-JT) at skill training centers. To help make training more systematic, we also utilize skill maps that show who has mastered which skills and to what level. Activities such as these are in place to ensure skill succession at each plant. CompanyYY易游体育官方网站de training is in place to help raise the skills and technical abilities of young technical workers.

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