Occupational Safety and Health Management

Evergreen Steel upholds its commitment to protecting employee safety and health and has established an occupational safety and health management system, which covers the workers in the Xinying Factory, Hsinchu Factory, and the construction sites of Evergreen Steel. We also passed the OHSAS 18001 & CNS 15506 occupational safety and health management system verification in 2015. In 2019, we completed the OHSAS 18001 conversion to ISO 45001 & CNS 45001 verification. We conduct internal and external audits once a year to confirm the implementation and effectiveness of the management system, and continuously use the system PDCA operation to improve safety and health performance and create a safe, healthy, and friendly work environment for employees.
The Company established the "Occupational Safety and Health Management Regulations" and the "Occupational Safety and Health Committee" to fully implement safety and health management. It provides recommendations for safety and health policies, and reviews, coordinates and recommends safety and health measures. Committee members at all levels consist of occupational safety and health personnel, department supervisors, engineering and technical personnel related to occupational safety and health, medical personnel, and labor representatives, who account for more than one-third of all Committee members. The Committee serves as a platform for coordination and communication between the employer and employees to protect the safety and health of the workers. Meetings are convened once every three months.

Safety and Health Compliance

The Company requires employees and partners to comply with laws and regulations to meet all safety and health requirements of government agencies. By regularly checking the laws and regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Labor and other relevant government agencies, the Company conducts annual applicability and compliance verification to ensure it meets all legal and regulatory requirements.

Occupational Safety and Health Training

Evergreen Steel assigns employees to attend seminars and training programs organized by government agencies to enhance their understanding of relevant regulations and trends in occupational safety and health management. The Company organizes safety and health training programs each year. We provide training for employees and arrange quarterly safety and health training for foreign migrant workers. We also organize workplace hazard awareness campaigns for all employees.

Other Safety Management Measures

The Company promotes a culture of safety and health for all employees and implements the 6S for "sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain, and safety". We organize inspections for factories and construction sites every six months and inspections for offices every year. We assign staff on duty to inspect and record the work areas, environment, buildings, and related facilities in the factories. We use the reward and punishment system to implement and track improvement of defects, and conduct the "Safety and Health and 6S Implementation Contest" for public commendations for units with outstanding performance. We want units to motivate each other and improve the safety and health management standard.
The Company has established the "Construction Site Occupational Safety and Health Reward and Punishment Regulations" and the "Factory Safety and Health and 6S Implementation Reward and Punishment Regulations" as the basis for the evaluation.

Occupational Disaster Risk Management

Evergreen Steel established safety and health assessment criteria based on the ISO 45001 & CNS 45001 occupational safety and health management system. The hazard identification and risk assessment for each unit is implemented by the unit supervisor and qualified personnel with professional training. They review and propose improvement or control measures at the end of each year. If there is a change in the equipment or process, if there is an occupational accident, or if it is necessary to implement corrective measures for non-compliance, hazard identification and risk assessment will be conducted again to ensure that the risks are controlled within a tolerable range. Since near-miss incidents are an important indicator of potential risks, if an occupational accident occurs, the Company shall activate the occupational safety and health management system to report the accident, investigate the cause, implement corrective and improvement measures, and continue to track and verify the effectiveness of improvements.
To eliminate potential risks and improve the safety and health management performance, Evergreen Steel has established the "Factory Safety and Health and 6S Implementation Reward and Punishment Regulations" to encourage employees to actively uncover issues, improve the work environment, and fulfill their safety and health management responsibilities. When employees discover imminent danger in the performance of duties, employees may, pursuant to Article 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, under conditions in which the safety of other workers is not jeopardized, suspend operations and evacuate to a safe location and immediately report to their direct supervisor.

Occupational Hazard Statistics

The Company aims to achieve zero occupational injuries in its occupational accident management. The target is used as the basis for improving safety activities in the factory. We also present monetary rewards and certificates to support zero-accident activities and commend units with outstanding performance to continue to reduce the disabling injury frequency rate and disabling injury severity rate. In 2023, there were no severe occupational injuries involving employees and non-employees in the headquarters in Taipei and Kaohsiung Factory; there were no occupational accidents for non-employees in the Hsinchu Factory. The number of employees with severe occupational injuries (excluding fatalities) and fatalities caused by occupational injuries was 0; the number of employees with severe occupational injuries in the Xinying Factory was 0; and the number of fatalities and severe occupational injuries (excluding fatalities) caused by non-employee occupational injuries in the Xinying Factory was 0.

Health Examination

Evergreen Steel conducts employee health examinations in accordance with the Labor Health Protection Act to maintain the physical and mental health of employees. The Company requires new employees to undertake a physical examination before commencing work, and current employees to undertake general health examinations. Employees of onsite units receive special health examinations (including for dust and noise exposure). In addition to the general examination items, we added male prostate cancer screening and female ovarian cancer screening to ensure early detection and control of the causes. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, pulmonary function tests may inadvertently increase the risk of infection. We therefore temporarily canceled the pulmonary function tests and opted for blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis. The Company implemented employee health examinations (including special health examinations) in 2023 at a frequency higher than the requirement of the Regulations Governing Labor Health Protection in order to protect physical and mental health of employees：

As Evergreen Steel is a traditional industry, the health hazards in the operation process mainly includes dust, noise, and electric ophthalmia. If the results of health examinations of employees working in special environments reveal anomalies or if the physical examination results are level 2 or higher, we will provide personal health instructions to the employees and arrange one-on-one consultation with the occupational health physician. They will also be notified to undergo additional outpatient health monitoring and to pay more attention to their own health conditions, helping employees to manage their own health. In 2023, a total of 30 employees were classified as requiring healthcare based on the results of health examinations, which is a decrease of 6% compared to 2022. All of them have completed follow-up visits for abnormalities and received health guidance.

Employee health examinations in 2023

Care for the Employees’Health

In addition to the employee health examinations, We appoint occupational medical personnel to provide onsite labor health protection and occupational injury and disease prevention. They provide personnel of factories with healthcare services and health consultation. We also organize health talks and announce relevant healthcare information and preventive health education to remind employees to take care of their own health.