Tokuyama Complex | Safety initiatives

Prioritize safety measures 保安管理方針特定要求事項防災設備安全活動

Safety measures at Complex not only maintain smooth production activities, but are also a major deciding factor in international competitiveness. Furthermore, accidents that cause trouble to the local community must never occur. At Idemitsu Kosan, safety and maintenance personnel work together to ensure accident-free operations. All equipment that continues to work without a break is periodically shut down and inspected for any malfunctions or abnormalities, down to each individual pipe. In addition, a self-defense fire engine is stationed at Complex, and drills are conducted on a regular basis to prepare for emergencies.

Prioritize safety measures

At Idemitsu Kosan, we are committed to ensuring safety throughout the company, recognizing that ensuring safety is the foundation of our business. At Complex, we carry out TPM activities and take measures to prevent accidents.These activities include activities to prevent equipment troubles through management that takes into account factors of equipment deterioration, and measures to prevent operational errors that take into account human factors. Additionally, we work together with partner companies to carry out steady safety activities to prevent accidents and troubles.

Security management policy

From April 1, 2006, we began operating a security management system based on the "Security Management Regulations" with the aim of ensuring the safe operation of Complex and the safety of our employees, as well as maintaining and improving the level of security. Did.
Security means preventing accidents and malfunctions, preventing the spread of disasters, and preventing health problems, minimizing damage to people and property, and ensuring the safety of workers in Complex and the public.
Security management refers to the formulation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of plans to ensure security based on security management policies.
A security management system is a system that establishes security management policies and security management goals in order to promote security management activities, and continuously formulates, implements, evaluates, and improves security management plans in order to achieve them. This mechanism includes ensuring that the structures, responsibilities, procedures and Resources (human resources, budget, materials and expertise) are in place to establish, implement, achieve, review and maintain the security management policy.

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Specific requirements

The specific requirements of Complex are defined in the safety management regulations, and are made known to employees who carry out security management activities at the safety and disaster prevention committee, safety council, etc.

Definition (Security Management Regulations Article 3)

Refers to the High Pressure Gas Safety Act, orders based thereon, and requirements specified by our Complex. Note that the requirements that you identify yourself refer to these regulations themselves and related regulations.

Related laws and regulations

High Pressure Gas Safety Act, Industrial Safety and Health Act, Fire Service Act, Petroleum Industrial Complex Disaster Prevention Act, Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act, Act on Regulation of Radioisotopes, etc., Shunan City Fire Prevention Ordinance, Electricity Business Act, Measurement Act, Construction standard method

Related regulations

Special regulations
Safety management regulations, high pressure gas certification safety inspection regulations, high pressure gas certification completion inspection regulations, harm prevention regulations, safety education plan, prevention regulations, disaster prevention regulations, radiation hazard prevention regulations
Outline
Complex management guidelines
Regulations
Equipment management regulations, operation management regulations, safety and health management regulations
Partner company work rules

Disaster prevention equipment

fire engine	6 units
fire pump	11 units
Oil fence (B type)	3,520m

safety activities

Security capability evaluation by a third party

In October 2017, Tokuyama Complex of Safety Engineers' Safety Competency Improvement Center.
As a result, the results of the system, plan formulation, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement activities related to safety management, including risk assessment, which have been carried out in the past, were recognized, and the evaluation items of "safety foundation" and "safety culture" were recognized. We received many high evaluations.
On the other hand, in the "safety culture" evaluation, we provide advice for improving items related to (1) training of safety experts, (2) horizontal dissemination of good examples of safety activities, and (3) streamlining of work and internal meetings. We are working on improvements to further improve the safety level.