As a textile and garment enterprise, safety is life, and safety work is the cornerstone of healthy, stable and sustainable development of enterprises. In 2023, Handa enterprise will strengthen the concept of safety development and red line awareness, strictly abide by the safety bottom line, improve the safety production management mechanism, establish and improve the strict safety responsibility and supervision system, implement the safety production responsibility of all employees, strengthen the production site management, carry out in-depth investigation and management of hidden dangers, strengthen education and training, and continuously improve the safety level of enterprise.
Healthy Safety Committee
Enterprise should establish a sound security committee to ensure that enterprise can develop safely and stably. A sound security committee can manage the safety work of enterprise more comprehensively and systematically, effectively prevent accidents from happening, and guarantee the life and property safety of enterprise and employees.
The safety production committee is composed of senior leaders of the enterprise, the safety guarantee department and the person in charge of each branch plant. In 2023, the enterprise improved the organizational structure of the safety committee according to its own scale and production characteristics, forming an organizational structure with clear hierarchy and clear responsibilities. In addition, the Ministry of Safety and Security is responsible for the daily work of the safety committee, improve the working mechanism, hold regular safety meetings, formulate safety work plans, carry out safety inspections, organize safety training and activities, and so on. At the same time, establish a safety accident reporting and handling mechanism to ensure that safety accidents can be dealt with in a timely and effective manner.
Strengthen Management of Safety Production
Handa enterprises attach great importance to production safety, adhere to the basic safety policy of "safety first, prevention first", continuously improve the safety production management system, constantly improve the safety production conditions and working environment, standardize the safety operation behavior, stabilize the safety management foundation, and ensure the continuous improvement of the safety production management level in an all-round way.
In 2023, no major safety accidents occurred in any of the company's subsidiaries.
Environmental Safety Management
In order to provide employees with a healthy and safe working environment, all production plants are equipped with good ventilation and heat dissipation facilities. The main dye auxiliaries have MSDS reports. The employees in the dyeing and finishing workshop are equipped with insulating gloves, insulating rubber shoes, masks and other safety protection equipment. The cutting and sewing employees in the garment factory are equipped with various safety articles and devices such as steel wire gloves, masks, eye protection plates and other safety articles. The medical corner and medicine box are set up in each workshop. The Myanmar factory is equipped with nurse stations and water purification equipment to fully protect the health and safety of the employees. Special equipment shall be subject to annual safety and performance inspection in accordance with relevant national regulations, and all employees in special jobs such as boilers, electricians, water self-care, and hazardous chemical custodianers shall hold certificates.
During the year, the enterprise commissioned Guotong Testing Center to carry out on-site testing of harmful factors in the production area of its subordinate factories. The test results showed that the detection values of chemical and physical factors in the workplace met the limit requirements of the "Occupational exposure restrictions on harmful factors in the workplace" and did not do any harm to the human body. The detection value of other factors in the workplace shall meet the limit requirements of the GB50034-2013 Standard for Lighting Design of Buildings.
The company conducted occupational health inspections on typical positions, and selected some employees from the job site for occupational health inspections. The results showed that all employees were in good health and there were no work-related occupational taboos suspected occupational diseases. The test results report and the staff physical examination results show that the working environment of Handa's subordinate factories is safe, and the dyes, additives and other items used in production are also environmentally friendly and non-toxic.
Chemical Management
The enterprise implements full-process management on purchasing, transportation, storage, use and disposal of chemicals, establish "Chemical Dangerous Goods Management System" and "Chemicals Control Procedure", clarify responsibilities of relevant departments, strengthen chemical dangerous goods system construction, effectively manage chemicals to prevent them from affecting environment and safety.
In 2023, the enterprise will improve their emergency plans for dangerous chemicals according to actual conditions. They should clarify potential accidents and emergencies in enterprise activities, products or services, as well as possible adverse impacts and losses, and conduct emergency drills on dangerous chemical incidents to improve the scientificity and effectiveness of emergency plans, further enhancing the ability and level of enterprise to deal with emergencies.
The enterprise insists on using safety and healthy chemicals and is committed to developing green and sustainable products. When purchasing, the supplier is required to provide MSDS report. When chemicals arrive at the factory, they shall be strictly inspected. After being qualified, they shall be put into storage and classified according to their nature. Professionals shall conduct regular spot check on chemical sites. Reduce pollutant levels through efficient chemical management and good process control, and work with various stakeholders in the supply chain to reduce the environmental impact of chemicals.
Cultivate a Culture of Safe Production
Handa enterprise actively carry out safety education and practical activities, regularly carry out 100-day safety activities every year, organize all staff safety knowledge learning and safety knowledge written examination, emergency evacuation drills, fire drills, daily safety skills training, safety inspection and other activities, strengthen the safety awareness of all staff, ensure the continuous improvement of staff safety quality, and provide a solid guarantee for promoting safety production and building safe enterprise.
Safety Training
The enterprise regularly organizes online and offline safety training, covering fire safety, safety use of electricity, first aid knowledge, traffic safety, security laws and regulations, etc., supplemented by written examinations to ensure learning effectiveness and strengthen the security line.
Emergency Rescue
In order to popularize the basic knowledge of emergency rescue, enhance the employees' awareness of emergency rescue, and further enhance the comprehensive first aid ability of enterprise employees in emergencies. Enterprise invited professionals to carry out theoretical and practical training for employees.
Actual Combat Exercises
In order to make the employees of the enterprise master how to evacuate the work area and dormitory orderly, quickly and safely in the case of sudden fire and other emergency situations, and learn the method of safe escape, the factory area of the enterprise regularly organizes escape drills.
To disseminate safety knowledge to all employees and effectively reduce and control the occurrence of accidents, each factory within the company organizes fire drills. These practical exercises enhance employees' ability to use fire-fighting equipment and handle emergency situations. Additionally, a comprehensive training on the use of fire extinguishers is conducted for all employees across the company.
In the fire safety publicity and fire drill activities carried out by the fire emergency department, the participants of Handa enterprise won the first place in the group and won the title of "emergency vanguard".
