Safety
Policy
Kumamoto University Policy
Basic policies for ensuring the safety and health of our university
To ensure our staff’s safety and health, we must conduct safety and health management based on the Industrial Safety and Health Act. To ensure our students’ safety and health, we must conduct safety and health management based on the School Health and Safety Act. Creating a good environment for staff to work and for student to learn through such efforts is an important responsibility of the university. This university aims to create comfortable work and study environments that do more than just comply with the minimum standards established by law to prevent accidents. The university also promotes specific and premeditated measures based on “Rules of Staff Safety and Health Management in Kumamoto University” to create a good environment for educational research through methods such as clarifying the assignment of responsibilities and promoting voluntary activities.
Safety and Health Administrative Structure
- Kumamoto University Official Health and Safety Management Regulations (in Japanese)
- Kumamoto University Central Safety and Health Committee Regulations (in Japanese)
- Kumamoto University Safety and Health Committee Regulations (in Japanese)
- Kumamoto University Central Safety and Health Committee and Chemical Substance Management Technical Committee By-laws (in Japanese)
- National University Corporation Kumamoto University Safety and Health Staff Liaison Team Requirements (in Japanese)
Safety and Health Action Plan
AY2021
| priority items | Business Plan | Environment and Safety Center |
|---|---|---|
| Safety Management | ①Review of the safety and health management system | |
| ②Holding of Central Safety and Health Committee meetings | ||
| ③Dissemination of safety and health activity plans and slogans | ||
| ④Promotion of educational activities related to safety and health | ||
| ⑤Hold Safety and Health Committee meetings at each workplace | ||
| ⑥Site inspection and exchange of opinions by the director in charge of Human Resources and Labor | ||
| ⑦Workplace inspection and risk assessment by industrial physicians and health managers | ||
| ⑧Implementation of periodic voluntary inspections of machinery, etc. and distribution of signs | ||
| Chemical substance management | ①Chemical Substances Management Technical Committee held | |
| ②Identify chemical substance handling group | ||
| ③Dissemination of rules on chemical substance management | ||
| ④Inventory and interview survey by YAKUMO | ○ | |
| ⑤Conduct chemical risk assessment | ○ | |
| ⑥Preparation of a list of evaluations of the status of management of hazardous and toxic materials | ||
| ⑦Implementation of working environment measurement | ○ | |
| ⑧Implementation of work records | ||
| health management | ①Implementation of health checkups, etc. | |
| ②Implementation of health counseling | ||
| ③Promotion of mental health measures | ||
| ④Ensure that smoking is prohibited on all premises | ||
| ⑤Environmental measurement of office rooms based on the Office Hygiene Standards Regulations | ||
| Safety and health education | ①Holding lectures on occupational safety and health | |
| ②Holding a briefing session on handling high-pressure gas cylinders | ||
| ③Conducting mental health lectures, etc. | ||
| ④Conducting life-saving training sessions |
Note: Items common to safety and health management are included in safety management.
