Trophy for the Best Safety Factory

The Best Safety Factory commendation ceremony

All employees at AGC Flat Glass (Thailand), manufactures and sells various types of float glass, are engaged in ongoing safety activities aimed at preventing occupational accidents. In particular, the company's factories are focusing on the reduction of equipment-related risks (unsafe elements). The company's factories in Chonburi and Rayong achieved zero accidents, including both accidents requiring leave and those not requiring leave in fiscal 2006 and were internally commended as factories that excelled in safety achievements within the AGC Group in fiscal 2007.
In addition, the Rayong factory was commended as the Best Safety Factory (in the eastern district in 2006, nationwide in 2008) by the Thai government for its outstanding safety results for the previous two years, which included no violations of local occupational safety and health laws and no serious occupational injuries. The Chonburi factory also received the same commendation in the eastern district, in 2007

Children creating banner with handprints

One of the fiscal 2008 goals of the Elizabethtown Plant (Kentucky) of the AGC Automotive Americas, which manufactures and sells automotive glass, was to bridge the gap between Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) within the workplace and at home.

To achieve this goal, the Plant held a “Safety and Environmental Children's Day” event in July 2008, inviting the children of employees and several different local organizations. At the venue, electric safety training, dunking booths and bouncy houses were established, and an event named the Bicycle Safety City was held to promote the use of bicycle helmets. In addition, a disaster relief drill was conducted using a helicopter, and the Plant's good examples of compliance with the safety and environmental standards were introduced.

To make this event memorable for employees, the participating children created a big banner with their handprints and signatures. The banner reads, “Be Safe, We are counting on you... with love, AGC Kids,” and is now hung in the Plant as a daily reminder of the importance of the health, safety and environmental efforts of employees.