In fiscal 2019, our initiatives included safety patrols undertaken by staff from the logistics departments of Denka’s Isesaki, Ota and Chiba plants. We also invited our transportation subcontractors to take part in periodic drills in which they practiced emergency responses, employing the information on “yellow cards” to deal with logistics accidents. Moreover, we implemented training sessions for on-site fork lift operators to enhance their safe driving techniques. These initiatives helped raise employee safety awareness and provided an opportunity to exchange opinions on logistics safety.
As Denka supports the objective of the “white logistics movement,” an industry-wide campaign promoted by a number of business corporations to mitigate the burdens placed on logistics operators, the Company issued a declaration of voluntary action aimed at the realization of sustainable logistics operations. In line with this declaration, we strove to upgrade measures to ensure logistics safety and improve the working environment for our logistics operators, for example, by enhancing safety measures in place at each production base (enforcing heat stroke countermeasures, beefing up the rule requiring drivers to take sufficient breaks, etc.), mitigating the burdens placed on operators (the use of pallets and material handling equipment, etc.) and reviewing on-premises driving lanes for trucks.
For fiscal 2020, we will continue with various activities to ensure logistics safety along with our involvement in the “white logistics movement,” as we strive to regularly review and improve our logistics operations and thereby prevent the occurrence of logistics accidents.