Occupational Safety and Health

Based on the Occupational Safety and Health Basic Policy, the Mizuno Group operates an occupational safety and health management system under its internal standards and works to prevent occupational accidents among all employees and workers, maintain and improve their health, and prevent disease.

At all business sites, Mizuno convenes Safety and Health Committees comprising labor and management representatives, who discuss and consider measures concerning employee safety, including the prevention of occupational accidents, the maintenance and improvement of health, and disease prevention.

To oversee the Safety and Health Committees at all business sites, Mizuno has established a Central Safety and Health Committee chaired by the executive officer in charge of human resources and general affairs, which meets twice a year. The Committee reviews the occupational safety and health plan for FY2025 and reports on and reviews activities conducted in FY2024.

In accordance with the Central Safety and Health Committee’s plan, each business site convenes its Safety and Health Committee to review the status of plan implementation and any incidents that have occurred and to discuss and document measures to prevent recurrence. Each Committee is chaired by the relevant department head and meets once a month to confirm the implementation status of the annual plan, investigate the causes of deficiencies, occupational accidents, and other incidents, and formulate and approve measures to prevent recurrence. Matters submitted for deliberation are recorded in and shared through a database common to all Safety and Health Committees. Mizuno also conducts building inspections jointly with the labor union and develops and implements plans to improve any hazardous conditions identified. We maintain 100% compliance with statutory inspection and corrective action requirements.

Furthermore, we have established a system called the General Consultation Desk to receive a wide range of concerns from individual employees. Although no reports or consultations concerning risks such as workplace hazards have been recorded to date, we recognize the need to make employees throughout the Mizuno Group aware that they can seek consultation through this system.

Following FY2024, in FY2025, Mizuno undertook a range of occupational safety and health activities centered on complying with laws and regulations, raising the level of risk management, and addressing sustainability considerations (including health promotion, environmental protection, and earthquake preparedness).

Our activities included hands-on training with fire extinguishers and fire hydrants during in-house firefighting drills, training in the use of AEDs, and changes to the procedures for safety confirmation drills conducted through a safety confirmation app.
At MIZUNO ENGINE, the innovation center established on the premises of our headquarters in Osaka, we will also continue working toward zero accidents and occupational injuries. In FY2025, no occupational accidents occurred at MIZUNO ENGINE. We increased the frequency of workplace inspections by the Safety and Health Committee and implemented measures to address hazardous areas.

Across the Mizuno Group, we increased the number of healthcare professionals and will continue to identify and eliminate factors or conditions that could result in occupational accidents. As part of our efforts to facilitate early detection of disease, we will incorporate cancer screenings into periodic health examinations and regularly provide health consultations with industrial physicians and mental health consultations with consulting physicians.

We will continue our efforts over the coming years to maintain and improve employee safety and health.