News Release
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Completes Acquisition of ISO 45001 Certification
for All Works in Japan
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation today announced that its East Japan Works (Keihin Area) and Steel Bar & Wire Rod Division at its Sendai Works and have been certified under the ISO 45001 (JIS Q 45001) international standard for occupational health and safety management systems. This now completes ISO 45001 certification of six of the company’s works, also including Chita Works, West Japan Works (Kurashiki and Fukuyama areas), and East Japan Works (Chiba Area).
The ISO 45001 standard, introduced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in March 2018, is a framework for activities implemented systematically, continuously and voluntarily, including declarations by the operator’s senior management regarding the company’s health and safety policies; investigations of hazards and/or harmful events and measures taken in response thereafter; setting health and safety targets; and preparation, implementation, evaluation and improvement of health and safety plans.
Based on the core principle that “safety takes precedence over everything else,” all employees at the company’s steel mills and manufacturing plants take part in maintaining safe and healthy workplaces. To ensure autonomous and systematic management of such occupational issues companywide, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ establishes and maintains extensive procedures in compliance with ISO 45001.
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ is committed to continuously and effectively implementing compliant occupational health and safety management to maintain safe and healthy workplaces.
Certification details
Sendai Works (Steel Bar & Wire Rod Division), ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation
| Certification body | £º | JIC Quality Assurance Ltd. |
| Applicable standard | £º | ISO45001:2018/JIS Q 45001:2018 |
| Scope of certification | £º | Production of steel bars, wire rods, and steel blooms and billets |
| Certification no. | £º | H112 |
| Date of issue | £º | December 15, 2022 |
East Japan Works (Keihin), ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation
| Certification body | £º | JIC Quality Assurance Ltd. |
| Applicable standard | £º | ISO45001:2018/JIS Q 45001:2018 |
| Scope of certification | £º | Production of iron and steel |
| Certification no. | £º | H113 |
| Date of issue | £º | January 1, 2023 |
Registration cards
Related URLs
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation Receives ISO 45001 Certification for West Japan Works (Fukuyama Area)
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation Receives ISO 45001 Certification
About ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated steel producers, was established through the consolidation of NKK Corporation and Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 2003. The company operates several steelworks in Japan and numerous branch offices and affiliates throughout the world. ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ͵ÅÄ leverages world-class technologies and know-how to produce a wide range of products based on its “Only One, Number One” strategy of focusing on unique and best-in-class products. The company reported consolidated sales of 2,255 billion yen and consolidated crude steel output of 23.96 million tons in the fiscal year ended March 2021.
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