AFNA safety leadership team members

AGC Flat Glass North America (AFNA) has made safety one of their top priorities and has energized their employees and safety process leading to some significant improvements. Placing safety as a high priority serves as a platform for future improvements in operational performance and shareholder value.
AFNA’s objective was to substantially reduce occupational accidents at all of their plants. To be successful, AFNA needed to establish a strong safety culture by raising safety awareness with the plant managers and all 2500 employees, and the AFNA safety team rolled out a “Safety Tornado”campaign at its 46 plants.
As a result of these intense initiatives and the active participation of all 2500 AFNA employees, AFNA has reduced their 2007 accidents requiring leave by 86% from the previous year and finished the 4th quarter with zero serious accidents! AFNA will continue to promote its Safety Tornado campaign and accelerate the implementation of these important processes. For 2008, they hope to significantly increase the level of safe behaviors and risks abated in their factories.

Team in charge of promoting BBS

AGC Automotive Americas Co. (AAUS) has been implementing behavior-based safety (BBS) programs at its plant in Ohio since 2002. As a result, at the end of 2006 AAUS has been able to reduce the number of accidents requiring leave by 75% from the number at the time when the programs were first introduced. BBS programs represent an initiative in which employees are encouraged to observe each other's operations and mutually point out any unsafe behaviors that might lead to accidents, thereby decreasing the number of occupational accidents. At the Ohio plant, employees observed and pointed out as many as 3,700 such Each employee whose behavior is deemed to be unsafe is informed of the fact on the spot, and the analysis results of that behavior is also reported to managers, though the name of the employee is kept anonymous.
AAUS is highly regarded by society for their BBS activities. For example, one of its customers introduced these activities at its symposium on safety, and the State of Ohio awarded two prizes to AAUS for the activities.
In order to promote safety through the concerted efforts of all employees as a part of corporate culture, AAUS is now implementing measures to transfer these activities from the Ohio plant to other plants. In addition, AAUS is helping its customers introduce BBS programs to their plants.

Hanwook Techno Glass Co., Ltd. (HTG) manufactures glass substrates for plasma display panels. When it started operations in 2003, it had only 70 to 80 employees, but the number of employees increased more than six-fold in 2007, due to the expansion of its business. Occupational accidents tend to increase as facilities are expanded and the number of employees increases, and with this in mind, HTG has been steadily implementing basic safety measures to prevent occupational accidents, including the promotion of the 5Ss activity, hazard prediction, safety patrols, and safety management of engineering work on equipment. At HTG, of note, we make a point of having each and every employee participate in the safety activities. As an integral part of their corporate culture, employees point out unsafe behavior to each other to ensure the safety of all their colleagues, and in turn are humbly grateful for such feedback. Employees of HTG are expected to be strongly committed to workplace safety, which cannot be ensured without their own efforts.