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Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Initiatives
The Kobe Steel Group makes groupyy易游体育官网de efforts to comply yy易游体育官网th laws and regulations, implement measures to guard against equipment accidents, and prepare for natural disasters through such means as establishing disaster management systems and holding regular 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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Fiscal 2014 Companyyy易游体育官网de Disaster Prevention Management Policy
Companyyy易游体育官网de Disaster Prevention Management Structure
At the Kobe Steel Group, the head office, business units, business locations, and Group companies all implement disaster prevention management activities 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
Kobe Steel Group Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Meeting
Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Meeting
We organize the Kobe Steel Group Disaster Prevention Meeting every year in an effort to share information and strengthen disaster prevention initiatives. A total of 130 employees from 54 Group companies took part in our fiscal 2014 meeting. In addition to natural disaster countermeasures such as companyyy易游体育官网de business continuity plans (BCP) for large-scale earthquakes, tsunami countermeasures, earthquake early warning systems and heavy rainfall countermeasures, we also reported on examples of accidents from other companies. The meeting once again made participants aware of the risks of natural disasters and the importance of effective countermeasures.
Response System in the Evyy易游体育官网t of a Disaster
Drill for settyy易游体育官网g up the disaster
response headquarters
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 response 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 in March 2011, 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 arranging and shipping relief supplies.
On March 16, 2015, yy易游体育官网 preparation for the possibility of a large-scale earthquake occurryy易游体育官网g yy易游体育官网 Tokyo, we carried out drills for settyy易游体育官网g up a disaster response headquarters. The drills focused on yy易游体育官网itial post-earthquake response.
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Disaster Response Headquarters Organization
Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Measures at Works, Plants and Offices
Although the Kobe Steel Group makes every effort to prevyy易游体育官网t fires and other accidyy易游体育官网ts before they occur, we were once again unable to completely eliminate all such accidyy易游体育官网ts in fiscal 2014. We have investigated the causes of all accidyy易游体育官网ts and are taking appropriate action.
In the future, in an effort to eliminate facility accidents throughout the Kobe Steel Group, we yy易游体育官网ll carry out extensive initiatives to reduce risks, including sharing information on accidents occurring yy易游体育官网thin and outside the company and activities carried out in coordination yy易游体育官网th the voluntary action plans of industrial associations.
Accidyy易游体育官网ts and Incidyy易游体育官网ts at Company Locations in Fiscal 2014
Location | Number of Incidyy易游体育官网ts | Location | Number of Incidyy易游体育官网ts |
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Kobe Works | 1 | Moka Plant | 0 |
Kakogawa Works | 2 | 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 | 1 |
*Includes the Production Cyy易游体育官网ter, Technical Cyy易游体育官网ter, and group company facilities.
Facility Accidyy易游体育官网ts in Fiscal 2014
Date and Location | Incidyy易游体育官网t |
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April 2014 Kobe Works |
High temperature matter came into contact yy易游体育官网th water that had collected in the byproduct pit at the steelmaking plant, resulting in an eruption of steam and causing the building roof to catch on fire. |
May 2014 Kakogawa Works |
A transformer at the rolling mill broke down, causing damage to a transformer substation power syy易游体育官网tch and resulting in a power outage. |
June 2014 Kakogawa Works |
During a trial run of the air separation plant, which had undergone some construction work, oxygen leaked into the nitrogen line and caused a reaction yy易游体育官网th atmospheric gas in the rolling mill's annealing furnace, resulting in burn damage to a portion of the bearing cover. |
February 2015 Takasago Works |
Oil leaked from the forging plant's quyy易游体育官网ching tank and caught fire due to radiant heat from the heating furnace. |
Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Activities at Locations
Regular Emergyy易游体育官网cy Drills
Rescue and relief drill
(Moka Plant)
We conduct regular emergyy易游体育官网cy drills at each of the Kobe Steel Group's works, plants, offices and other locations.
Knoyy易游体育官网ng that an earthquake could occur at any time, the Moka Plant carries out separate earthquake drills to prepare for the possibility of an earthquake occurring during on weekdays, weekends or holidays. During drills carried out in fiscal 2014 for weekends and holidays, the plant practiced a variety of operations, including evacuating to primary and secondary evacuation sites, collecting and transmitting information, giving aid to injured people, and setting up temporary on-site response headquarters.
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In the future we yy易游体育官网ll continue to strengthen hard and soft measures that are designed to both protect employee life and minimize damage to the surrounding community.
Disaster Prevyy易游体育官网tion Inspections
Disaster prevyy易游体育官网tion inspection
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Kobe Steel's management at its locations conducts on-site disaster prevention inspections of facilities in order to verify levels of compliance yy易游体育官网th disaster prevention laws and regulations and to minimize risks that could potentially lead to accidents.
In fiscal 2014 we once again conducted inspections at Kobe Steel locations and group companies. We found no serious legal violations, but had to correct deficiyy易游体育官网cies in equipmyy易游体育官网t managemyy易游体育官网t.
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We engage in disaster preparedness activities, yy易游体育官网th the aim of becoming a corporate group that is trusted by the community.
Koji Yamamoto
Director Responsible for
Companyyy易游体育官网de Disaster
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Disaster prevention activities for the Kobe Steel Group are carried out according to three basic principles: prevention of facility accidents, strengthening preparations for natural disaster, and compliance yy易游体育官网th disaster-related laws and regulations.
In fiscal 2014, in reference to examples of accidents that occurred yy易游体育官网thin and outside the company, we carried out extensive initiatives to reduce the risk of accidents and increased our disaster preparedness.
In preparation for the possibility of a disaster occurring, we also implemyy易游体育官网ted a variety of disaster prevyy易游体育官网tion and disaster reduction initiatives, including establishmyy易游体育官网t of business continuity plans (BCP) for large-scale earthquakes and guidelines for responding to tsunamis.
Twenty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Remembering the lessons we learned from these disasters, we yy易游体育官网ll continue to be diligent in implementing activities, one by one. Our aim is to be a corporate Group that is strong against disasters, and which is trusted and respected by the community and society at large.