Konica Minolta's Executives Visit Production Sites ahead of “Safety Day”

Tokyo (July 25, 2024) – Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced that a total of 25 executives, including Independent Outside Directors, made a visit to 11 production sites in Japan on July 5, ahead of the Konica Minolta group's “Safety Day”.

July 6 has been designated as Konica Minolta group's Safety Day to reflect on the importance of safety initiatives, learned from the factory accident that occurred within the Konica Minolta group in 2021.

This visit focused on dialogue between executives and employees, including talks regarding safety initiatives, issues and concerns, and exchange of opinions. During the visit, everyone reaffirmed the importance of steady daily efforts, as well as the investment necessary for safety, in order to create a workplace free from disasters.

This year, Independent Outside Directors participated in the visit for the first time. Executives in charge of business visited bases outside their respective business domains with the aim of discovering ideas from a different perspective than usual.

Konica Minolta actively promotes risk assessments* of facilities and operations related to its machinery, chemical substances, and other businesses at each of its businesses and affiliated companies in order to minimize accidents. In addition, Konica Minolta is disseminating safety risks in everyday life to all employees by implementing e-learning and by communicating case studies to alert them.

Konica Minolta considers that the foundation of corporate management is the safety of the workplace and the maintenance and promotion of health for every employee. The Company keeps working to establish awareness of “safety as top priority” as part of its corporate culture and will continue its efforts to accurately identify disaster risks, and prevent and mitigate disasters.

*When a new introduction or change is made to equipment, materials, work, or related personnel (manager or workplace in charge) related to production, development, or construction, anticipated risks are identified and assessed in advance. By implementing the necessary measures, risks can be reduced, and serious workplace injuries and accidents can be prevented.