Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Safety Policy and Goals
Compal knows that employees, contractors, suppliers and workers are all important assets in the sustainable development of a company. Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Act and other applicable requirements is therefore mandated during the development, testing, and mass production of company products. We also hope that all employees can grow in a safe working environment. We have therefore defined an Environmental Safety and Health Policy, which was approved by the Board of Directors and publicly announced on our official website. With this policy established, we have built an occupational safety management system, regularly conduct disaster prevention and fire drills, promote environmental safety training, and provide employees with recreational spaces to relax their minds and bodies after work. In addition to policy promotion, our dedicated occupational health and safety management units at each plant supervise and implement related activities. Each plant sets applicable performance targets in accordance with the Company's occupational health and safety policy, with the overall goal being zero occupational diseases and zero major occupational accidents, such as fires (fatal accidents are defined as major occupational accidents).
- Compal Environment Health and Safety Policy:
Occupational Safety and Health Management System
To protect the occupational safety of employees at work, we have not only established the Environmental Safety and Health Policy but also established relevant procedures and documents of the “Occupational Safety and Health Management” at each plant site in order to rigorously control details of each work place, thus ensuring that all employees and workers stationed in the plant sites are not exposed to hazards at work or sustain injuries due to erroneous operations. Our Occupational Safety and Health Management System covers all workers, including employees and on-site personnel. Compal operates under the ISO 45001 or equivalent international standards, with a top-down and horizontally integrated approach implemented by all occupational safety and health personnel in each region. These teams are responsible for planning, promoting, supervising, and auditing the system's operations. Through procedural document control and regular monitoring, we implement the P-D-C-A cycle to achieve comprehensive management synergy. This ensures the implementation of employee work safety, prevents occupational accidents, and ultimately safeguards employee safety and health. Currently, our production sites are certified, including Taiwan (Pingzhen Plant), China (Kunshan, Chengdong, Chengdu, Chongqing Plants), and Vietnam Plant. While plants in other regions are not main production sites, we are actively and progressively planning for ISO 45001 certification there as well.
Workers Covered by Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Compal manages each plant in accordance with ISO 45001 or equivalent international standards. The scope of covered workers includes employees, on-site personnel (such as dispatched staff, interns, security guards, and cafeteria staff), and contractors, ensuring a safe and healthy work environment for everyone within the facilities.
Occupational Safety and Health Committee
In accordance with legal regulations, each plant in Taiwan has designated occupational safety and health management personnel who collectively plan and oversee all occupational safety and health matters. They regularly discuss various safety and health issues, including safety and health management, education and training plans, health management, occupational disease prevention and health promotion, automatic inspections and safety and health audits, prevention measures for machinery, equipment, raw materials, and materials, and occupational accident investigation reports. In adherence to the "Regulations Governing the Occupational Safety and Health Management," an "Occupational Safety and Health Committee" is formed, comprising the employer/chair, heads of various departments, safety and health management personnel, relevant safety and health operation staff, and labor representatives. The committee convenes quarterly meetings. Committee members are responsible for providing suggestions on the Company's proposed safety and health policies, and for reviewing, coordinating, and recommending related safety and health matters, followed by necessary improvements to operational procedures. Overseas plants also hold regular meetings in accordance with their Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems.
Occupational Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
The prevention of occupational injuries depends on protecting the physical health and safety of employees as well as the prevention and mitigation of negative OSH impacts. Hazard identification and risk assessment is conducted by Compal on employee work areas and any designated hazard factors on the shop floor are closely monitored to ensure their impact on employees is minimized. The scope of hazard identification and risk assessment include all health and safety hazards that may affect the inside and outside of the plant, but also include routine and non-routine activities, all personnel (including contractors and visitors) entering the plant, and outside contractors in the workplace. OSH hazard identification and risk assessments are conducted by the relevant task force (identification team). Moderate/high-risk or urgent hazards from the assessment findings are reported to the management review committee. The level of risk is then used to formulate the priority action plan for the year as well as devise the corresponding targets, specifications and management plans.
At the Pingzheng Plant in Taiwan, for example, the risk assessment taskforce conducts annual and ad hoc hazard identification operations, in accordance with the “Safety and Health Hazard Identification Form.” The results are recorded on the “Risk Assessment Form” to serve as a basis for policy formulation and hazard management. A management review meeting is convened periodically, and the promotion taskforce discusses newly identified risks before formulating and improving prevention and mitigation strategies. For risks already identified and content requiring revision, revision is further made.
Emergency Response Measures and Occupational Disaster Investigation
Each plant area is equipped with Emergency Preparedness and Response Measures, and the documents explain, in detail, risk description, emergency organization and responsibility, prevention and internal notifications, emergency response, external information release, follow-up measures, etc. The handling procedures for various risks are further explained in detail.
In the event of any injuries due to occupational or natural disasters at a Compal plant, the unit involved must follow procedure and notify the head of the unit and other relevant units in accordance with the OSH management system. An investigation form must also be filled out to activate the investigation mechanism. An occupational disaster investigation should cover a minimum of two areas, namely the environment (environment and equipment configuration, medium of injury, OSH measures, location of disaster), people (how the disaster happened and rescue efforts, the state of any victims at the time, normal or routine operating procedures/methods, whether there were witnesses, description of the situation and opinions). Handling of traffic accidents: If a vehicle transporting Compal products is involved in an accident off-site, this should be reported to the transportation department immediately and the Occupational Safety.
Office are to be notified as well. If there is any damage or injury to the vehicle or personnel, the local police should be notified. Handling of accident injuries (including death, disability injury, minor injury, and traffic accident injury when commuting): The direct supervisor should be notified first and then the involved individual taken to hospital for examination and first-aid. The head of the involved unit must notify the Occupational Safety Office within 3 hours, no matter how light or severe the injury. In Taiwan, the occupational disaster statistics are compiled on a monthly basis and reported online to the local inspection mechanism by the Occupational Safety Office in accordance with regulations. A detailed reporting process is executed according to the procedural documents.
According to regulations, all plants of Compal only sign cooperation contracts with legitimate Human Resource agency companies, and all of the hired security, kitchen, cleaning personnel etc. shall be protected by the contract. In case where the workers are subject to accidents, the reports to their direct team leader or management personnel are made first, following which the plant supervisor shall conduct a field confirmation, in order to assist the injured personnel with the hospital treatment and insurance claim.
Access Control Implementation
To comply with the ISMS (Information Security Management System) regulations, employees are required to wear employee identification badges at all time in the plant site for identification. The access card system at each entrance and exit controls personnel's access authority. For clients, suppliers, and other visitors, a security system is used to record the time of visit, the number of visitors, and regulate the areas and time open to visitors. Compal's security personnel work 24 hours a day to control entry of personnel and objects, perform safety inspections day and night inside and outside plants, monitor the presence of visitors and overtime workers, check incoming/outgoing vehicles, and perform traffic control.
Workerplace Environment Monitoring
To provide a safe workplace and community for our staff and residents, each plant is staffed with a unit responsible for routine inspection and maintenance, as well as identifying hazardous factors in the work environment. Example: Transportation and electrical safety measures, safety inspection measures, drinking water testing, emergency lighting testing, smoke detector testing, firefighting equipment inspection, lightning protection testing, wastewater testing. Environmental monitoring in the workplace is arranged by each plant twice a year to measure the chemicals present or used on-site. Testing covers office illumination, CO2 concentration, electromagnetic radiation absorption, organic solvent concentration in the laboratory, noise, and chemical monitoring.
OSH-Compliance in Procurement Management
To ensure a safe and healthy environment for employees, the procurement of all machinery, equipment, raw materials and personal protection equipment used by the Company, as well as all building and construction work must stipulate supplier or contractor compliance with laws, regulations, and OHS specifications. Compliance must be verified during acceptance and before start of construction to reduce employee exposure to OSH hazards in the environment.
Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training
To foster employee safety and health awareness and strengthen their understanding of possible hazardous risks in workplace. Compal regularly offers training courses tailored to each job, including general safety and health knowledge, specialized knowledge and skills training, and emergency response training. For example, general in-service training for workers, basic chemical hazard training, participation in emergency response drills, education and training of workplace elevator, hazardous operation supervisor training, and in-service training for managerial personnel. In addition, we cooperate with the regional fire department to implement fire prevention training and annual fire education. We designed teaching materials on the proper response to fire, storms, flooding and earthquakes for online e-learning or physical classes. After completing the course, participants must pass a test to be considered fully trained. In 2024, a total of 117,243 persons completed the training. For non-employee workers, Compal provides pre-entry hazard notification, safety and health education and training, work safety analysis, and safety reminders. By implementing safety supervision throughout the operation period, we periodically convey insights and knowledge related to health and safety, fostering a greater awareness of safety culture among workers.
We are committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment to reduce employee absenteeism due to illness and injury, thereby stabilizing organizational productivity.
2024 Target: 2% absenteeism rate with 100% global coverage. The absenteeism rate did not meet the target
Occupational Safety Management Procedures
Compal plants employ the following OSH management procedures to strengthen their safety management and minimize occupational.