Health and Safety

Basic Principle

Basic Philosophy

The Bando Group’s policy on work activity is based on human dignity, which allows employees to take action with originality and ingenuity, with management ensuring their safety and health.

Action Principles

  • 1. We will comply with Occupational Health and Safety Laws and workplace-established health and safety rules, and work for the preservation of health, and the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational illness.
  • 2. The company is aware of its direct responsibility related to industrial accidents and occupational illness and has established an Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Also, we will provide, implement and use a safe and comfortable workplace, with the cooperation of our employees.
  • 3. We will actively participate in and expand voluntary health and safety activities, combining originality and innovation.
  • 4. The company will make its health and safety policy well-known to all employees, make continuous improvements to the policy and, depending on the results of systematic reviews, make changes in implementation.

Health and Safety Trends

Since FY2005, we have received Occupational Health and Safety Management System (JISHA method OSHMS) certification at each of our domestic production bases. We have developed health and safety risk assessments, accident and near miss activities, and risk forecast activities.

OSHMS Certification (In Japan)
Ashikaga Factory
Nankai Factory
Wakayama Factory
Kakogawa Factory
OHSAS18001 Certification
Sanwu Bando Inc. (台湾)
Bando Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd
Bando Belt Manufacturing (Turkey), Inc.
Bando (India) Pvt. Ltd.
P.T. Bando Indonesia
Bando Korea Co., Ltd.
Bando Belt (Tianjin)Co., Ltd

Promotion of Safety and Health Management Activities

In activities to manage safety and health, the Company aims to improve key performance indicators such as the rate of frequency of injuries resulting in lost time,and engages in risk assessment, takes steps to ensure facility safety and provides safety sensitivity improvement training.
With regard to safety sensitivity improvement training, classes on safety sensitivity are implemented to increase the danger of work-inherent dangers and nurture an ability to take appropriate action through simulated experiences of the danger of being caught or stuck in production equipment for which there is a high risk of danger with the Company’s equipment. Employees eligible for training were expanded to the entire Group in fiscal year ended March 31,2015, and safety sensitivity improvement training is now conducted at all domestic factories, the Research Laboratories for Core Technologies and domestic affiliates.

Moreover, the Company has introduced training programs that use disaster simulation equipment at overseas production bases. The equipment has been installed at eight key bases. In FY2017, 2018, disaster simulation equipment was installed at Bando Manufacturing (Vietnam) Co., Ltd, and employees there were trained in using the equipment.

Health and safety patrols and compliance with safety rules

The Bando executive in charge of safety and the labor union safety committee chairperson together tour each production facility to ensure there are no safety violations and that safety rules are being followed.
We decided ‘Bando Safe Day’, to be on 7 October every year, to focus on the importance of safety. Bando executives, including the president visit facilities.

Safety patrol

Bando Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd. awarded the National Occupational Safety and Health Award 2017

Bando Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd is concentrating on creating a safe workplace for employees including establishment of a Safety Training Center to raise employee awareness of safety. In October 2017, such initiatives earned the National Occupational Safety and Health Award 2017 from Thailand’s Ministry of Labor.

Award ceremony Safety patrol Safety Training Center