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In June 2008, Hoya held the 3rd OSH Asia Meeting in Tokyo. About 50 participants attended the meet-
ing, from 23 facilities in Japan and overseas. During the meeting, which ran for three days, participants
reaffirmed Hoya’s safety policies, studied assessment methods for chemical substances, visited a local pro-
duction base, and attended hands-on safety training seminars taught by outside educational institutions.
For the future, through cooperation with subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, North America, and other
regions, Hoya is planning to further strengthen its OSH management system and to enhance the perfor-
mance of occupational safety and health.
Health Promotion Activities
• Mental Health Measures
With the help of industrial doctors, Hoya has implemented measures to raise mental health awareness
through mental health courses for managers and supervisors and for regular employees. Based on the Hoya
Group Mental Health Measures Guidelines, the Company has also established a system to ensure thorough
care by managers and supervisors with the support of staff in charge of personnel and industrial doctors.
• Measures to Prevent Excessive Work
In compliance with the 2006 revision of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, Hoya has created and imple-
mented excessive working hours standards. Employees who exceed these standards meet with physicians
(industrial doctors) and address the problem through work management (overseen by a personnel officer
or other on-site supervisor) and healthcare management (industrial doctors) programs.
• Special Health Checkups and Healthcare Instruction
Since 2002, Hoya has run a lifestyle habits improvement program for employees designed to prevent meta-
bolic syndrome. In the fiscal year under review, the Company held special health educational seminars and
lifestyle habits improvement programs to prevent metabolic syndrome for approximately 360 employees.
• Healthcare Management for Employees Assigned Overseas
To provide healthcare management for employees assigned overseas, industrial doctors meet with
employees and their families before they leave Japan to provide hygiene education and discuss health
care while they are overseas. In addition, industrial doctors pay periodic visits to facilities and to discuss
health care and other issues as necessary with employees located overseas.
• Measures for New Influenza Strain
Since April 2009, Hoya implemented measures to deal with the epidemic of the new strain of influenza
that spread to the world. Based on its existing manual for infectious diseases crises and led by the Influ-
enza Infection Crisis Management Team, Hoya has responded to the raising of the WHO alert level by
implementing general anti-infection measures (such as hand-washing, gargling, and use of alcohol disin-
fectants), measures to limit the travel by employees and their families, and to establish business continuity
planning (BCP).
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