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Together with Employees - Building an Organization to Capitalize on Human Resources

Our Efforts towards Safety

The DOWA group offers educational programs on health and safety of workplace to our employees and those of partner companies, to raise awareness and prevent accidents. We also offer study sessions on risk assessment and accident cases in addition to various training and educational programs, especially in production-related departments where environmental and safety education is prerequisite.

The following are our major training and educational programs on workplace safety that were offered in 2007.

Present Status of Health and Safety Activities of Workplace

	Company Name	Description	Total Number of Participants
MIM Metals & Mining	Akita Rare Metal	Accident and Disaster Case Study Group	359
		In-house education and training by leaders in charge of risk assessment promotion	13
		Health and Safety Environmental Committee	144
	Akita Zinc Co., Ltd.	Blitz training	67
		Preconstruction safety education given to contractors	77
		First aid	12
		Safety education	62
	Akita Zinc Solutions Co., Ltd.	On site KYT (risk prediction training)	40
		Laws on health and safety	40
		Comprehensive evacuation drill	70
		Fire training	40
	Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd.	Education on implementing health and safety	22
		Safety practice education	24
		KYT (risk prediction training) education	15
		Safety education using video	459
		Education on preventing coarse particle hazards and others	36
	Nippon PGM Co., Ltd.	Emergency drill	7
		Water discharge exercise	9
		Safety education (4S, prevention of chemical hazard, RA)	16
ES Eco-System	ECO-SYSTEM Hanaoka	Education to check the procedure of opening flexible containers	23
		Education of transferring beneficiation technique	8
		KYT training and education	9
		Risk assessment case study	12
		Toxicity and handling of hazardous substances	10
	ECO-SYSTEM Sanyo	Fire fighting training	600
		Potential accident experience	720
	ECO-SYSTEM AKITA	Blitz training	67
		Preconstruction safety education given to contractors	77
		First aid	12
		Safety education	62
	ECO-SYSTEM Chiba	Health and Safety Committee	192
		Basic education on fire control equipment	20
		Health and safety education	28
		Video education (promoting safety and health)	43
		Risk prediction training	34
	Eco Recycle	Emergency drill	35
		Evacuation drill	37
		Promotional education on potential accident experience	40
	Dowa Tsu-un Co., Ltd.	Accident case study	523
		New recruits education	8
		Education on emergency contact in case of accidental leaks	50
		KYT (risk prediction training) education	148
		Education on industrial wastes	148
	Eco System Japan	Safety driving educational conference	204
	GEOTECHNOS Co., Ltd	Training given to safety administrators when they are appointed	2
		Explanation of basic cycles of safety operations	18
		Explanation of risk assessment methods and their manuals	30
	E&E Solutions Inc.	Health and Safety Committee	120
	Ecosystem Recycling Higashi Nihon	4 RKY	274
		Risk assessment	188
		About chemical hazards	31
		Health and safety	95
	Ecosystem Recycling Nishi Nihon	Shop gathering	250
		Accident and disaster case study	80
		Emergency drill	25
		Study session	250
	Act-B recycling Co.,Ltd	KYT training	630
		Risk assessment presentation	210
		Lift safety driving education	22
	ECO-SYSTEM Okayama	Education for new recruits
		Reeducation of new recruits
	Green Fill Kosaka	Security get-together	96
		Risk assessment presentation	40
		Emergency training	24
	ECO-SYSTEM KOSAKA	Fire control training	10
		Firefighting training	20
		Blitz training (smoke)	7
		Education for new recruits
EL Electronics	DOWA Electronics Okayama	Education for new recruits	85
		Reeducation of new recruits	43
		Comprehensive disaster drill	51
	DOWA IP Creation	New recruits education	43
		Temporary employee education	32
		All employee education	176
	DOWA F-TEC	Educating new recruits	3
MT Metaltech Co., Ltd.	DOWA Metal	Safety education	51
		Safety education for employees with work experience less than three years	92
		Evacuation and firefighting drill	150
	DOWA Power Device	Safety education for new recruits	60
	Dowa Hightech Co., Ltd.	Emergency drill	312
		Safety driving class	141
		Crane training session	57
		Education at introduction of AEDs	32
	New Nippon Brass Co., Ltd.	Emergency training	13
		External KYT (risk prediction training) education	20
	Hoei Shoji Co., Ltd.	Risk prediction training	900
	DOWA METANIX Co., Ltd.	Safety education	45
		Safety education at each workplace	45
TH Thermotech Co., Ltd.	The entire Thermotech	Education to obtain qualifications and offering special education programs	80
		In-house education	200
		Emergency training	120
HD Holdings	DOWA Techno Engineering Co., Ltd.	Health and safety education for new recruits	1
		Emergency contact training assuming disaster and accident events	20
		Foreman education	3
		Training given to safety administrators when they are appointed	1
	Unekura Mine (West)	Response to treated water with poor quality	8
	Unekura Mine (North)	Firefighting training	9

Frequency Rate and Severity Rate

The 2007 severity rate of the DOWA group production base was compared to that of similar-scale company listed in the accident statistics and the figures are 1.40 vs. 2.62. DOWA’s frequency rate was 0.05 compared to that of the similar scale company of 0.17. DOWA’s figures are all lower than those of the other company in the accident statistics.

Note: These rates are compared to those confirmed values of the accident statistics in 2006 for a company with 100 to 299 employees.

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