Occupational Safety and Health

At all production sites, we are working to maintain safe operations and environments by setting management items related to safety, health and disaster prevention, conducting voluntary inspections, and preparing instructions and manuals. At the “STR-MP” meeting, which is attended by the production site staff in Japan and Thailand, they exchange opinions about occupational safety and reflect them in occupational safety activities in each factory. We regularly conduct safety management inspection at our factories in Japan and Thailand and major outsourcees’ factories in Japan by headquarters’ staff in charge, to inspect our safety and hygiene control systems and operational status. In Thai factories, where it is difficult to directly inspect them frequently, we utilize an online conference system.

Considering the health of employees as one of our most important considerations, we engage in various measures for allowing employees to work while maintaining their mental and physical health so that all employees can work vigorously.In addition to the periodic heath checkup, we recommend that employees aged 35 years or older receive a complete health checkup at the company’s expense for the purpose of detecting and treating health risks early. Furthermore, we recommend that employees undergo medical examinations for breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, and brain disorders, the expenses of which are also covered by the company. We also hold meetings with industrial doctors and public health nurses and lectures, and established the “S.T. Hotline for Health,” in which external psychologists listen to the worries of employees, their spouses, and dependents, in order to maintain their mental and physical health and prevent disorders. If employees are injured or become sick for nonbusiness reasons, we have established an accumulative leave system.
As measures for breaking free from smoking, we prohibited smoking during working hours in 2018 and prohibited smoking inside our buildings in 2022. In recognition of our efforts, we were certified as an Outstanding Health and Productivity Management Organization by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for three consecutive years in 2022, 2023 and 2024.