Occupational Safety and Health

In accordance with the Labor Standards Law and the Industrial Safety and Health Act, we are engaged in a group-wide health and safety drive to secure the health and safety of workers (all employees, temporary staff, subcontractors, etc. involved in our business activities) in workplaces and facilitate the creation of a comfortable working environment.
We have established a safety and health management system, which includes general safety and health managers, safety officers, health officers, safety and health promoters, health promoters, industrial physicians, and employees in charge of mental health promotion in each workplace. We have also established Health and Safety Committees that plan and conduct activities as joint labor-management efforts.

To create a comfortable working environment, we conduct the statutory atmospheric environment measurement every two months for temperature, humidity, air current, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and floating dust, and if any deviation is detected, work with a respective facility management company to take appropriate countermeasures, such as ventilation and cleaning.
Furthermore, when industrial doctors travel around our offices once a month, they check not only sanitary conditions, but working environments that include lighting and noises, so that we make improvements as necessary. In addition, in fiscal 2020, we removed all smoking rooms from offices to reduce the health risks of passive smoking.
During the annual National Occupational Safety Week, the Health and Safety Committee members at each office visit workplaces to check for any hazardous areas to rectify, and share example incidents at the Health and Safety Committee meeting as part of their efforts to prevent accidents.
To prevent long working hours and comply with the Article 36 Agreement, the personnel departments send email alerts to individuals, and share information about the employees who have been alerted with the heads of divisions and human resource staff. We also hold regular seminars on work schedule management and harassment to manage legal risks.
We have the Guidelines on the Establishment of a Safety and Health Management System in order to ensure legal compliance and protect the safety and health of our employees. We also make sure that the safety and health management systems at our offices are continually improved, and that a proper safety and health management system is established when a new office is set up.

KDDI Engineering Corporation, which does or manages construction by contract and operates and maintains facilities, provides regular training to ensure complete safety management. The on-the-job training for employees engaging in these operations in order to prevent accidental falls from heights and electric shocks, among others, includes Safety Training for Dangerous Operations and Tool Training. Regular legal training such as Health and Safety Education for Foremen is also provided.
KDDI also holds an annual safety convention for the subcontractors who work on the construction of our base stations and network facilities, which involves hazardous tasks such as working in high places. At this convention, we share safety-related case studies and provide information to help improve the subcontractors' safety skills.

KDDI has established a system whereby any workplace injuries are reported via designated reporting channels, promptly investigated and actions are taken including putting measures in place to prevent recurrences.
For accidents involving falls, which are the most common cause of workplace injuries, we have prepared materials summarizing examples, contributing factors, and countermeasures. We are also promoting awareness of the accident reporting flow, encouraging employees to take precautions, and raising awareness of how to prevent accidents.

KDDI is running a number of initiatives to drive health-focused management based on the basic principles of respect for human life, ensuring the safety and mental and physical health of employees in workplaces at all times, and maintaining a comfortable working environment.

KDDI formulated the Mental Health Promotion Plan and is carrying it out while implementing PDCA cycles for mental health initiatives. In addition, we stationed 41 internal counselors across the company and began interviewing all employees. The interviews enable us to hear directly from employees and assess working conditions from perspectives that differ from those of their superiors. They also help us quickly identify employees who are showing signs of mental health issues even in the absence of reports from the said person themselves, enabling us to act promptly in cooperation with medical professionals and managers as necessary. In this way, we are creating a healthful work environment.

We conduct various activities aimed at ensuring the health and safety of employees working outside Japan. We provide consultations with industrial doctors to employees before they transfer overseas, interviews with medical staff to all employees returning to Japan and follow-up care after the regular health exams to employees working overseas. We also began conducting stress check for employees working overseas and providing follow-ups, including health checks as required. Furthermore, we have established and implemented the Vaccination and Health Report Guidelines for International Transferees and Business Travelers from the perspective of health management and employee safety for those transferring or traveling outside Japan.
We introduced a medical return program that covers the expenses of employees or accompanying family members returning sick or injured to Japan, if an industrial doctor judges that they should receive treatment in Japan. In preparation for emergent situations, we have set up emergency evacuation services for all employees stationed or on a business trip overseas for evacuating in the event of terrorism or political instability. We also offer emergency medical transport services for the transport of severely ill or injured persons to a different country for medical treatment if necessary.