Industrial Safety and Health

■ Worker Protection (chemical hazard prevention measures)

Shionogi Pharma manufactures pharmaceuticals on a daily basis, and we believe that those who work to deliver medicines must not become sick by manufacturing them. For this reason, we establish a system to protect workers (prevent chemical hazards) through rational and scientific risk-based management of chemicals with the aim of ensuring the safety and health of workers.

Under the system, we set Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) based on the non-clinical/clinical test information of chemical substances, from which we determine engineering control (EC) requirements, identify the functions required for facilities and protective equipment, and select the ones with appropriate performance. Then, through risk analysis and exposure measurement, we confirm that the working environment is below the allowable exposure limit for workers. In recent years, the Industrial Safety and Health Act has been revised, and we are taking measures to comply with this revised law.

■ Social Contribution

Shionogi Pharma cooperates with related organizations as a central player in the local community and actively participates in and contributes to various activities, such as the environmental beautification of local areas and disaster prevention.

In accordance with item 5 of our EHS policies, “We build a partnership of trust with society by supporting local and social environment protection activities and health and safety activities, and by enhancing communication, including disclosing information,” many employees actively participate in various community activities. They include environmental beautification of local areas, the enhancement and reinforcement of fire and disaster prevention capabilities, traffic safety awareness activities, and providing support for elderly people living alone and those with disabilities such as by shoveling snow. We will continue to establish better communication with the local community.

● Major Activities

・Environmental beautification

Environmental beautification activities through cleaning around our plants (each plant)

Participation in a thorough clean-up along Osaka Central Loop Line (September every year; Settsu Plant)

Wall greening along a main road in support of Osaka Prefecture’s “Green Wind Road Creation Network” (Settsu Plant)

Participation in the Kanegasaki Town Cleanup Campaign (community clean-up) (April every year; Kanegasaki Plant)

・Fire and disaster prevention

Fire prevention promotion on the street during the autumn fire prevention campaign (once a year; Settsu Plant)

Certified as a firefighting cooperative company (Kanegasaki Town, Kitakami City; Kanegasaki Plant) 

・Traffic safety

Street traffic safety activity along Route 4 with heavy traffic during the traffic safety campaign period (four times a year; Kanegasaki Plant)

Street traffic safety activity along Route 11 with heavy traffic during the traffic safety campaign period in spring (once a year; Tokushima Plant)

・Traffic safety

Street traffic safety activity along Route 4 with heavy traffic during the traffic safety campaign period (four times a year; Kanegasaki Plant)

・Plant tour / Internship

Plant tours and internships for nearby university students and technical college students (each plant)

Accepting junior high school students for work experience “TRY YAL WEEK” (Itami Plant)

・Volunteer activities

Participation in the Kanegasaki Town Snow Busters project (support for snow shoveling for elderly single-person households, etc.) (December through March every year; Kanegasaki Plant)

Cooperation with group blood donations (once or twice a year; each plant)