Kajima smoothly launches and implements measures between the Head Office/branch offices and construction sites under a clear chain of command concerning safety and health.

At the construction site, all construction details are reviewed with a safety-first policy. Then, medium- to long-term, weekly, and daily schedules are created based on the construction period, and daily tasks are carried out based on these schedules. Safety and health management at construction sites involves a close examination of how workers, heavy machines, and objects move in order to understand the situation, assure quality, and ensure an efficient and safer working environment.

Risk assessment is a method that involves identifying risks and hazards, and then estimating and assessing the potential for injuries, deaths, and accidents to occur before engaging in construction at every phase, including when planning construction and at the start of work.

After assessing potential dangers and hazards, it is crucial to implement a process of mitigating these risks, considering risk priorities, taking measures, and keeping records. Kajima pays particular care in conducting risk assessments when creating a construction plan, at a meeting of the construction preparation committee, and at a pre-construction review meeting on steel frame construction methods or other details following a review meeting held when a construction order is received. After construction begins, the Head Office and branch offices conduct risk assessments at all relevant construction sites through safety and health patrols and by other means. We improve the effectiveness of advance reviews with the help of the knowledge and experience of a large number of people, and even more people check construction sites with their own eyes, thereby further ensuring safety and health management.

We offer multiple opportunities for thoroughly sharing information at the construction site. Each day starts with a morning meeting for announcing the day's work schedule and elements that require attention. The next day's tasks are discussed at a contact and work coordination meeting to coordinate tasks between specialist construction workers.

We also conduct visual inspections and checks using systematic procedures regarding the progress of work performed by Kajima employees and foremen from partner companies at construction sites, as well as checking for any instances of unsafe behavior or unsafe situations. If our staff notice an issue, they will approach relevant personnel as defined in the Kajima Basic Safety Behavior. We strive to ensure safety on a daily basis through steady activities based on the principles of workplace, equipment, and site conditions. Many staff members from the Head Office and branch offices also patrol construction sites to check them in person, thereby maintaining healthy tension and raising a sense of awareness for safety.

Representatives of Kajima employee associations have joined the Company-wide Safety and Health Committee, and employees and partner companies enhance the level of safety by establishing an accident prevention council at each construction site.

In FY2012, we introduced a factor analysis method to prevent the recurrence of past cases of injuries, deaths, and accidents. In this method, we identify deviations from the procedures by sorting facts and events in chronological order. Next, we analyze factors from six different perspectives while reviewing the construction plan and other documentation and find out the necessary steps for preventing the incident. Based on this analysis, we develop and deploy measures to prevent identical or similar accidents from occurring and we introduce new rules across the company and branch offices if needed. We ensure that these preventive measures take root by confirming the status of implementation of these measures through patrols and by other means.

In FY2022, there were 103 occupational accidents that resulted in at least one day of lost work. Principal causes include falls (12cases), getting caught in or between objects (19 cases), and flying or falling objects (four cases). Based on the results of factor analysis, these cases are understood to have been caused by personnel falling into an opening in the floor or from a scaffold or mobile access platform, getting caught in or between heavy machines or materials, or by flying or falling objects during lifting operations. Measures for preventing these incidents include thoroughly covering openings, appropriately using of mobile access platforms, thoroughly restricting access to areas where workers may come into contact with heavy machinery, confirming the shape, weight, and route of a suspended load, and achieving clearance for paths when loads are moved (future preventive measures). The results of analysis for all occupational accidents were discussed in the Safety and Environmental Affairs Division and preventive measures were proposed and shared across the Group.
In FY2023, we aim to eliminate all deaths, severe injuries, serious incidents, and public disasters.

Corporate safety and health management is based on respect for human life and must be implemented thoroughly. With the evolution of construction technologies and with the structure of labor at construction sites growing more complicated, Kajima works to develop an education curriculum so that Kajima employees and the foremen and workers at partner companies can always implement safety and health management confidently.

Partner companies are indispensable to Kajima. Kajima’s partner companies formed “Rokueikai”, whose primary purpose is engaging in activities to prevent accidents, as well as the “Kajima Business Partners’ Association”, which engages in various projects in the spirit of mutual aid. By joining partner companies in these organizations, Kajima makes it possible to ensure quality and safety together.