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Safety First and an Employee-Friendly Workplace
Guided by the principle that safety takes priority over everything, we set clear goals based on workplace safety assessments and work together to enhance fundamental safety and the safety level of every workplace.
Workplace Safety Assessment: A method for assessing the safety level (awareness, behavior, etc.) at each workplace
■Hazard-Prediction Training
Before work begins, all employees identify hidden hazards and discuss countermeasures. This training strengthens hazard awareness, prevents accidents and near misses, promotes shared safety awareness, and helps create a workplace where everyone can work with confidence.
By verifying identified hazards at the actual worksite, we not only uncover overlooked risks and assumptions but also implement concrete improvements immediately. This has raised the precision of our safety measures and led to more reliable action. We will continue periodic on-site reviews and sustained improvement.
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■Solar Power Generation
Solar-generation equipment has been installed at the Ishihama Plant. Renewable energy supplies approximately 7% of the electricity used in operations—the equivalent of around 400 typical households—helping reduce CO₂ emissions and advance carbon neutrality.
■Heat-Mitigation Measures
At the Kitasaki Plant, thermal-barrier coating was applied across the factory roof to improve employee comfort and reduce environmental impact. By limiting indoor temperature increases, the measure supports a more comfortable workplace and saves energy by lowering air-conditioning demand.
■Quality-Control Circle Activities
Employees identify and improve workplace issues from the perspectives of safety, environment, quality, cost, and productivity. These activities build problem-solving skills, strengthen collaboration, and create a more engaged workplace.
■Workplace Capability Improvement
By visualizing latent workplace issues and steadily solving them, these activities strengthen supervisors' workplace-management capabilities and encourage the growth of every team member, supporting both talent development and stronger workplace performance.
■Identifying the Conditions That Cause Quench Cracking
Traditionally, whenever quench cracking occurred, 100% inspection was conducted to prevent defective products from reaching customers. By investigating the cracking mechanism using the stresses generated during the quenching process as a key indicator, we gained a quantitative understanding of the safety margin against crack initiation. This enabled us to improve quenching quality and reduce the risk of cracking.
In our Automotive Components Business, we leverage advanced technologies such as X-ray stress measurement and image inspection to continuously improve product quality.The technologies and quality control methods we have established are helping drive quality improvements throughout the Toyota Group.
■Forklift-Free Initiatives
At IZUMI MACHINE MFG, we have set a goal of reducing vehicle traffic areas, one of the primary sources of workplace hazards in our factories, by 80%. To achieve this goal, we are actively replacing manual material handling operations with automated equipment.These efforts not only enhance workplace safety but also promote automation and labor-saving operations, resulting in significant cost reductions and improved productivity.
As a result of initiatives such as replacing conventional transport operations with automatic transfer AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles), we achieved the elimination of work equivalent to a total of 10 operators by FY2025. Going forward, we will continue to advance these initiatives with the goal of fully automating material handling operations throughout our factories.
