The EKK Group strives to create workplace environments conductive to both physical and mental health based on the EKK Group Management Philosophy of management that respects human dignity based on care and trust and its Basic Group Safety Principle that safety is not only fundamental to management that respects human dignity but also a personal desire and mission of all Group personnel
Based on the EKK Group’s Occupational Health and Safety Management Regulations, the Group has set up a line-and-staff occupational health and safety management organization. Headed by the president, and with the General Manager of the Safety, Environment & Quality Control Office serving as occupational health and safety manager, at each plant, a staff department exclusively dedicated to health and safety coordinates with line managers through senior managers, under the leadership of a plant manager serving as a health and safety manager. Plants carry out occupational health and safety activities based on ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety management systems).
Safety is not only fundamental to management that respects human dignity but also a personal desire and mission of all Group personnel.
Based on its Basic Group Safety Principle, the EKK Group fosters physically and mentally healthy human resources brimming with vitality and conducts occupational health and safety activities that tap into an occupational health and safety management system mindset to realize comfortable, accident-free workplaces that offer career fulfillment.
1. Appropriately identify and assess hazards associated with business activities and reduce material risks with the participation and cooperation of all employees.
2. Set occupational health and safety targets and pursue better performance through continuous improvement.
3. Comply with laws, regulations and consensual requirements such as industry guidelines and directives.
4. Respect active discussion in the workplace, recognizing that good communication is integral to occupational health and safety.
5. Provide education and training required to ensure occupational health and safety while raising employees’ consciousness to promote universal awareness of health and safety’s importance.
The Environment, Health and Safety Central Conference, chaired by the president, meets twice annually to conduct management reviews. Furthermore, the Sustainability Committee receives reports providing overviews and engages in discussions regarding health and safety activities, and based on these, annual plans and results are reported to the Board of Directors.
The EKK Group strives to reduce health and safety risks. The Group conducts safety inspections of new equipment before it is put into use, confirming that it conforms to internal standards and that there are no health and safety issues. Before new work processes are implemented, the Group conducts a risk assessment to prevent workplace accidents. Work processes which have already undergone a risk assessment are also periodically reviewed based on work-related injury cases and close calls.
Every plant identifies operations and processes that pose a high degree of risk and risk-manages them on a priority basis(Such operations/processes include work performed high off the ground, press working and forklift operation).
The company is committed to providing and maintaining safety in life, property and good health of employees at all levels. It will promote safe work by providing, installing, maintaining buildings, locations, machinery, equipment and production technology, allocating personnel and supporting budgets, and receiving continuous and strict compliance.
The Environment, Health and Safety Central Conference, chaired by the president, meets twice annually to conduct management reviews.
Furthermore, the Sustainability Committee receives reports providing overviews and engages in discussions regarding health and safety activities, and based on these, annual plans and results are reported to the Board of Directors.
For EKK Eagle (Thailand) Co.,Ltd., we have realized the importance of safety. We have set up activities to achieve safety and comply with safety laws within the company and have been continuously implemented as follows:
Training: Safety awareness training courses are set up to enhance employees’ knowledge. These are planned every year and are continuously implemented according to the plan.
Safety Patrol: The company has activities to search for dangers, risk points and make improvements, correct them to reduce dangers or reduce risks through Safety Patrol activities every month by senior executives, supervisors and safety departments. The results are summarized and reported in the Safety Committee meeting that is held every month.
Emergency Plan: In case of emergency, the company has taken action to deal with that emergency. The emergency that the company has determined is as follows:
Fire The company has various plans and rehearsals to support real emergencies. Before the incident, there is a fire prevention plan, training plan, prevention campaign plan, fire inspection plan. During the incident, there is a fire extinguishing plan, fire escape plan. After the incident, there is a relief plan, recovery plan. All plans are determined, communicated, rehearsed, and reviewed regularly as required by law.
Flood The company has a preparedness plan by providing sandbags, waterproof walls (Alu-Log), water gates, water pumps, prevention plans, and preparations to support the incident, such as checking the readiness of equipment and readiness, including sufficient quantities, and practicing the plan as specified annually.
Safety monthly activity The company promotes Safety Month activities to stimulate and emphasize safety awareness among employees every year.
The EKK Group proactively educates its employees and the public on traffic safety, including outside of working hours, to realize its management objective of having a happy workforce with happy families and to help keep local residents safe. Every year before mid-summer and New Year’s holidays, plants invite outside experts to speak about traffic safety. Their secretariats coordinate with the speaker to ensure an effective presentation through such means as addressing topics of local interest or the latest traffic safety data.
The Group also elevates employees’ traffic-safety consciousness and promotes accident-free, infraction-free driving on a year-round basis through such means as giving internal awards to employees with perfect driving records and taking part in external traffic safety campaigns.
For EKK Eagle (Thailand) Co., Ltd., we have a policy to achieve road safety for our employees. The company recognizes the importance of this and has set up activities and continuously implemented them.
1. Increase employees' knowledge on safe driving, skills, techniques, including regulations and laws.
The EKK Group seeks to help its employees stay healthy or get healthier both physically and mentally. Its health initiatives include mental health support to cultivate a vigorous workforce and a 24-hour telehealth service that offers consultations on a broad range of concerns, including not only employees’ personal health but also parenting and eldercare.
Training for new hires includes mental health education provided by public health nurses. Management personnel’s annual training also addresses mental health.
Plants invite outside doctors as instructors to provide mental health education. Plants that run two or three shifts a day also create opportunities for superiors to provide education on good sleep hygiene, given sleep’s important role in recovery from fatigue for shift workers in particular.
The Group actively supports physical and mental health management through such means as an employee mental healthcare initiative featuring coordinated involvement of occupational medicine practitioners, public health nurses, registered nurses and management personnel.
For EKK Eagle (Thailand) Co., Ltd., we realize the importance of the health and hygiene of our employees. If employees are healthy and free from illnesses, they will be happy at work and work efficiently. Therefore, we are committed to providing knowledge about illnesses and health care from doctors and nurses in the company every month and have continued to do so until now. In addition, we also have a fitness room for employees to exercise for good health.
