Safety & Health Organization
With the aim of reinforcing safety & health in accordance with the enactment of the Serious Accident Punishment Act, Hyosung Chemical appointed a Chief Safety Officer (CSO) under the direct supervision of the CEO and established a department dedicated to safety and health.
In addition, the EHS Committee meets every month to evaluate and resolve issues pertaining to the company's environment, health, and safety, as well as to manage risks by managing and supervising business execution and the current status.
Company-wide safety and health organization
* CSO(Chief Safety Officer)
EHS Committee
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* EHS(Environment Health Safety)
HSE Management Policy
All employees of Hyosung Chemical Co., Ltd. acknowledge the securing of environmental protection and safety as the company's social responsibility and sustainable development, and realize a workplace that is secure, pleasant, environmentally friendly, and accident-free through continuous improvement and accident prevention measures.
- 1. We establish and execute action tasks for each field to ensure strict adherence to policies, regulations, and health, safety, and environmental laws.
- 2. We eliminate all unsafe conditions and procedures throughout the entire factory operation process through risk assessment.
- 3. We establish a suitable communication system so that all employees can actively participate in health, safety, and environmental improvement activities.
- 4. We encourage awareness of health, safety, and environment among employees through continuous education and training, and encourage all employees to participate voluntarily.
- 5. We establish health, safety, and environmental policies to prevent chemical and industrial accidents and protect the environment, allocate budgets, and ensure continuous maintenance and improvement.
- 6. We continuously promote safety and health enhancement and support activities to ensure the safety and health of partners' employees and stakeholders.
Kun-jong Lee,
CEO of Hyosung Chemical
HSE Management System
Hyosung Chemical established a health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management system in order to conduct systematic safety and health activities, and continuously assess and enhance the system's suitability, sufficiency, and efficacy using the PDCA cycle.
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Action : Management review
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EHS Management long-term roadmap
Hyosung Chemical selects safety and health as the top priority when making management decisions and has established an EHS Management long-term roadmap to put this into practice. Based on the roadmap, we will contribute to building a safe society by achieving zero accidents and zero accidents through continuous improvement and prevention activities.
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*LTIFR(Lost Time injury Frequency rate) = Number of accidents requiring 3 or more days of absence from work (recovery)
* 1,000,000 / Total worker working hours (number of closed-day accidents per million working hours)
Safety and Health Promotion System
To achieve a workplace free of industrial accidents, we promote action-oriented safety activities by organizational unit and engage in self-driven safety activities by organizational unit.
- Raising awareness of safety activities
- Development of numerous safety-enhancing activities
- Management of goals and evaluation of organization’s safety activities
Promotion of proactive safety measures by organizational unit
Strengthening self-directed safety measures by organization
Implementing a workplace free of industrial accidents
Accomplishing accident-free sites
Safety and Health Promotion Activities
| Classification | Targets and tasks | Key performance indicators (KPIs) | Unit | 2023 plan |
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| (1) Goal establishment and implementation | Establishment of HSE policies and goals | Establishment and management of policies | Established/ Not established |
Established |
| Achievement of zero-accident goal | Number of serious accidents | Cases | 0 | |
| Number of industrial accidents | Cases | 0 | ||
| (2) Verification and improvement of hazards / risk factors | Promotion and improvement of risk assessment | Number of cases identified/improved | Improvement rate(%) | 100 |
| Environmental Safety Patrol | Number of cases identified/improved | Improvement rate(%) | 100 | |
| Eradication activities | Number of cases identified/improved | Improvement rate(%) | 100 | |
| Near-misses identified and improved | Number of cases identified/improved | Improvement rate(%) | 100 | |
| (3) Listening to employee voices and improvement | EHS committee operation | Meetings conducted | Improvement rate(%) | 100 |
| PU environmental safety meeting | Meetings conducted | Improvement rate(%) | 100 | |
| Industrial Safety & Health Committee | Meetings conducted | Improvement rate(%) | 100 | |
| (4) Establishing and executing safety and health budget | Establishing and executing safety and health budget | Plan / Performance | Execution rate(%) | 100 |
| (5) Safety and health education and training | Employee safety and health education | Target / Provider | Improvement rate(%) | 100 |
| Emergency drill | Plan / Performance | Improvement rate(%) | 100 | |
| (6) Partner management | Partner council | Number of suggestions/improvement | Improvement rate(%) | 100 |
| Joint inspection of partners | Number of suggestions/improvement | Improvement rate(%) | 100 |
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Safety inspection activities
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EHS committee activities
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Partner council activities
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Partner council activities
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CPR training activities
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Fire drill