Nishimatsu Construction’s fiscal 2020 management targets are: continuation of no deaths and no major injuries; a frequency rate of 0.6 or below for injuries requiring four or more days of absence from work (15 or fewer incidents); a frequency rate of 1.0 or below for injuries requiring one or more days of absence from work (25 or fewer incidents); and eight or fewer “big three” accidents, as designated by Nishimatsu Construction (slips/falls; entanglement/catching of head, limbs or clothing in machinery, equipment, vehicles or materials; and flying/falling objects). To achieve these targets, we will focus on the three key management items in our health and safety plan: thoroughly enforce Nishimatsu Rules, establish an autonomous health and safety framework centered on foremen, and firmly establish the seven measures (“Action 7”) for preventing humanerrors.

In working to ensure thorough compliance with Nishimatsu Rules, which incorporate lessons from past incidents and exceed legal requirements, we aim to use the foremen’s association to build ties between foremen, who are the key personnel for on-site health and safety, as we transition from a prime contractor-led system to an autonomous healthand safety framework. Additionally, we will work to firmly establish seven measures for preventing human error: on-site hazard-awareness training (HAT), personal HAT, calling out to fellow workers, the 3-3-3 method (for stringing operations), reporting on employment of older workers and giving them due consideration, raising awareness regarding near misses, and “point and call” safety check routines. Among these seven measures, we will particularly focus on making sure that “point and call” safety check routines become firmly establishedpractices.

Nishimatsu designated fiscal 2017 as the “First Year of Work Style Innovation,” and has been rolling out initiatives across the Company. In order to solve the particularly pressing problem of long working hours, we are reviewing and implementing a variety of measures, including increasing the efficiency of work processes that contribute to productivity, encouraging the use of ICT devices, and closing construction sites two days a week.

While working to reduce long working hours, we will set KPIs (numerical targets and timelines) so that going forward we can monitor the progress of efforts to promote the use of annual leave and introduce more flexible work styles. Through these initiatives, we are striving to enhance and continue work style innovation.