A Sound Working Environment-Practitioner of Corporate Social Responsibility-ESG Development Profiles-Taipower Sustainability Section - Taiwan Power Company

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A Sound Working Environment

Occupational Health and Safety

 
  • Abide by laws and observe discipline: Complywith occupational safety and health regulations and meet all relevant standards.
  • Life is priceless, take the initiative to care: Ensure workplace safety and promote both physical and mental well-being.
  • Intrinsic safety, prevent problems before they occur: Enhance the safety of facilities and environments, and proactively identify potential hazards.
  • Full participation and continuous improvement: Everyone is responsible for safety and health; the pursuit of workplace safety is a continuous journey.

Health and Safety Management Policies

 

The protection of human lives through occupational safety are Taipower’s highest priority. To ensure the safety of employees and operations, Taipower pursues a goal of zero occupational incidents to create a safe, healthy, and friendly workplace. Additionally, to minimize the occupational injuries of contractors, Taipower optimizes items related to health and safety management in its construction contracts and actively assists and supervises contractors in establishing and implementing their own occupational safety management mechanisms.In 2023, Taipower conducted about 897 health and safety-related advocacy meetings for contractors, with a total of about 32,386 participants.

Future Improvement Strategies and Methods for Occupational Safety

In the past decade, the most common types of occupational injuries at Taipower have been contact with high or low temperatures, electric shocks, and falls. To reduce the risk of occupational injuries, Taipower continues to promote industrial safety strategies by optimizing systems, strengthening education and training, enhancing supervision and audits, and applying technology.

Future Improvement Strategies and Methods for Occupational Safety

Strengthening Systems and Management

  • Revising safety construction procedures to enhance safety standards.
  • Increasing the weight of safety evaluations and requiring bidders to submit risk assessment reports.
  • Implementing change management and enhancing control of key personnel and protective equipment.

Enhancing Education and Training

  • Conducting pre-work safety briefings and simulation drills to ensure workers possess safety awareness.
  • Promoting VR-based fall prevention training; 14 sessions were held in 2024.
  • Including hazard identification training as a performance indicator to strengthen risk awareness.

Enforcing Penalties and Violation Management

  • Enforcing disqualification mechanisms for violating individuals and contractors to ensure compliance.
  • Implementing a progressive penalty system to reinforce accountability.
  • Mandating re-education training sessions for personnel who violate safety rules.

Strengthening Supervision and Audits

  • Establishing a safety early warning system for real-time risk tracking.
  • Enhancing control of holiday construction activities to reduce accident risk.
  • Introducing third-party audit mechanisms; 39 audits of high-risk units were conducted by external experts in 2024.

Applying Technology and Encouraging Employee Participation

  • Installing CCTV systems to improve real-time on-site supervision.
  • Creating a safety concern reporting platform that allows employees to report safety issues and promotes internalization of a safety culture.

Labor-Management Communication

Taipower attaches great importance to the voices and needs of all professional partners. The Company provides channels for expressing diverse opinions, and actively responds to relevant suggestions to continuously create a labor- management environment that makes employees feel satisfied and builds trust in the Company.

2024 Communication Channels and Performance

2024 Communication Channels and Performance
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