Safe and Healthy Workplace
OUCC has joined the Taiwan Responsible Care Association (TRCA) to promote responsible care and taken up six standard management guidelines to ensure plant safety, including process safety, emergency response safety, distribution safety, contractor safety, waste and reduction management, and product safety management.
- A 5S safety team composed of senior factory managers conducts weekly inspections of each area, keeping records of any equipment or environmental deficiencies, and providing suggestions for improvement to the inspected units, thereby promptly detecting abnormal conditions.
- Promote and implement "Total Productive Maintenance" to strengthen safety cultivation.
- The GRI 403 described in this chapter only applies to the Linyuan plant and does not include the Taipei headquarters.
Record of Awards
Enhancement of Industrial and Public Safety Management
1.On 14-15 May 2024, T. Yeh and S. Chen, senior managers and L. Wu and W. Yeh participated in the 2024 TRCA Seminar to acknowledge external trends and learn from good experiences and relevant promotion.
2.On 29 November 2024, Justin Tsai, President, led the relevant management to participate in the general inspection & high-level promotion symposium of factories under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Park of the Ministry of Economic Affairs to strengthen factory risk management.
Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Management
According to national laws and regulations, OUCC has established and obtained ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Safety and Health Management System certification. In addition to completing the hazard operation (HazOp) assessment before the plant construction, we have also formulated the "Procedure for the Management of Change (MOC)” for any changes involving process equipment, process chemicals, process technology, safety facilities, operating procedures, etc., to ensure the safety management of each operation after the change.
Application scope of the OUCC Occupational Health and Safety Management System:
- Include approx. 460 workers (337 employees + 123 contractors) in the Kaohsiung Linyuan plant, locating at No. 3, Gongye 3rd Rd, Linyuan District, Kaohsiung City, with the coverage ratio 100%.
- Operation activities, products or services of controllable, influential employees of all units at the OUCC Linyuan plant and all contractors who enter the facility’s perimeter.
- The number of people covered by the internal & external management system audit: 460 people, covering 100% of the employees.
Solid Occupational Safety and Health System
OUCC has established an Occupational Safety and Health Committee with the chief plant Director as the convener. A total of 16 representatives participated, including 6 labor representatives, accounting for 38% of the committee.
The committee holds the meeting quarterly. Its main responsibility is to review and coordinate the occupational safety and health issues submitted by employees. After the records are completed, the results shall be announced to all employees. The Occupational Safety and Health Committee reviews the issues related to occupational safety and health in and out of the factory pursuant to the items required by laws and regulations.
Dedicated Technical Team for Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Diversified Health Management Project
OUCC cares for employees' personal health and provides them with comprehensive health resources, a comprehensive assessment mechanism and a health management program, which can also be extended to their families, including health checkups, health consultations, health education, diversified health seminars, employee assistance programs, as well as programs for the prevention of human-induced hazards. These services help employees to manage their own health, to create a friendly and healthy work environment.
OUCC has been attentive to the issue of employee overwork. OUCC Linyuan plant has established, implemented and promoted "Prevention of Disease Caused by Abnormal Workload Procedures," and take safety and health preventive measures related to overwork to ensure the physical and mental health of employees, to further reduce the employee’s long-term work pressure and job fatigue cumulation due to shift rotation, night shift work and long working hours, which affect the physical capability and cause the risk of cardiovascular disease.
According to the 2024 overwork load assessment results, some colleagues within the Linyuan plant were assessed as high-risk. The company provides medical consultation and health monitoring for high-risk employees to ensure no overworking employee.
A "Healthy Maternity Protection Committee" has been established by Human Resources Department, the SHE Department, plant nurse, and supervisor of the workplace maternity unit to study maternal health hazard control and work adaptability adjustment practices. Risk levels are classified and adjusted in accordance with health risk assessment to ensure the work nature is in line with a proper level of health care for female employees.
Occupational Safety and Health Management System
OUCC Linyuan plant adheres to safety and health implementation projects, establishes a people-oriented safety culture, implements comprehensive safety management, and strives to create a safe and healthy working environment to ensure the well-being and occupational safety of every employee, and promote the sustainable development of the company.
Stakeholders Contactors
- Mr. Chen/Ms. Chang
- E-mail： ESG@oucc.com.tw
SHE Contactors
- Mr. Yeh/Mr. Wu
- E-mail： she@oucc.com.tw