Simplo deeply understands that only by establishing and continuously maintaining a working environment that complies with occupational safety and health (hereinafter referred to as occupational safety and health) laws, regulations and commitments, and the requirements of the occupational safety and health management system, can we ensure that every worker can concentrate on their work. Contribute and demonstrate their professionalism and value, thereby promoting the company's operational performance to continue to grow and flourish.
 

Occupational Safety and Health Policy

 
 


Safety and health management system

Accordingly, Simplo has established an occupational safety and health management system in line with the organization's operating conditions in accordance with ISO45001:2018, and has passed the audit of a third-party verification agency to obtain a valid ISO45001:2018 occupational safety and health management system certificate, and will use it as " With the goal of "zero safety and health accidents", we continue to maintain a suitable working environment and conditions to prevent occupational disasters and protect the safety and health of workers.


Occupational Safety and Health Management and Committee

Simplo (Taiwan) has established the "Occupational Safety and Health Committee". It is responsible for planning, supervising and promoting occupational safety and health related business. The top manager of the factory serves as the chairman of the committee. In compliance with local regulations, it is composed of designated occupational safety and health managers, department heads, dedicated nurses and labor representatives. The committee convenes quarterly and reviews performance through the occupational safety and health management system to continuously improve.
Simplo (Chongqing) has a "Production Safety Committee", which is composed of the general manager, department heads and safety officers. It meets every two months. It also has an "Employee Representative Conference" which meets once a year, including labor representatives. % accounts for 39%. Simplo (Changshu) also has a "Production Safety Committee" that holds weekly meetings with first-level supervisors to discuss occupational safety and health issues, in which labor representatives account for 19%.

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Each operating site of Simplo complies with the local regulations and the provisions of the ISO 45001 to establish procedures and approaches related to hazard identification, as well as risk and opportunity assessment, for annual and irregular hazard identification and development, tracking, and control of the follow-up actions. If the assessment results show that the hazard is an unacceptable risk, the corrective, improvement, and preventive measures will be taken to reduce risk that can be effectively managed.

 
 

Incident Prevention, Investigation and Reporting

In order to effectively prevent occupational disasters and occupational diseases from occurring, each operating base of Simplo establish relevant systems for incident prevention, investigation and reporting, corrective measures for non-conformities, and the management of preventive measures. are used to investigate, review, correct, and prevent false alarm incidents, industrial incidents, and commuting traffic accidents, while actively implementing the safety and health policies and various standard operating procedures. Every year, drills on emergency hazardous incidents such as fire evacuation, chemical leakage, water outage, power outage, forklift accidents, and elevator accidents are conducted to strengthen the response ability of employees to emergency accidents and reduce the degree of damage in the event of occupational accidents. In 2023, a total of 28 drills were conducted.

Safety and Health Training

Simplo complies with the local regulations and articles of incorporation, continuously implements occupational safety and health training, develops occupational safety and health culture, establishes a comprehensive employee safety and health training strategy, and provides employees with the necessary safety and health training for job and disaster prevention. Hopefully, the pre-education and increased knowledge will achieve the purpose of prevention, strengthen the company's occupational safety and health, and lower or eliminate the probability of hazards.
 

Occupational Safety and Health Training Course

  • New employees : After being employed, implement general education on occupational safety and health in accordance with the law.

  • On-the-job employee : Regularly implement occupational safety and health education and training courses in accordance with their work characteristics according to the law.

  • Employees engaged in statutory special operations : Obtain professional certificates according to the law and complete on-the-job training regularly.

  • Emergency response drills : Conduct relevant training activities for all workers based on designated situations or major occupational safety and health risks.

  • Ability training of management system executive personnel: Through training programs, to ensure that the personnel who implement the management system have appropriate capabilities, and to achieve the implementation of the management system cycle (PDCA), to construct a complete and systematic occupational safety and health management system.

Workplace Health

Health Care

In order to promote workplace health, Simplo sets a comprehensive health care plan, employs full-time nurses to be responsible for the implementation of health promotion-related businesses, including health care, employee assistance, health promotion, occupational disease warning, etc.; at the same time, it is better than the laws and regulations, and organizes free physical check-ups for company employees once a year and regular first-aid training; there are also breastfeeding rooms, nursing rooms, and AED facilities in the factory area, and doctors and nurses are invited to the factory every month to provide health consultation services.
 

Health Care Services

  • Physical Check-ups: new employee physical examination, general employee annual check-up, special operation check-ups

  • Health promotion: health lectures, fitness competitions, sports environment, promotion of sports clubs

  • Health management: abnormal tracking of check-up reports, care of medium and high-risk personnel, maternal protection plan, on-site doctor consultation service

Health promotion

In order to arouse colleagues’ awareness of health, Simplo promotes a number of health promotion activities to enhance the health awareness of colleagues. New World Changshu cooperates with external medical units to provide oral, gastrointestinal, uterine and other anti-cancer screening services to prevent the occurrence of diseases in advance. The external TCM health manager is invited to conduct TCM consultation activities, coordinate with constitution pulse, constitution identification, physical examination report analysis, and provide conditioning according to constitution. The detailed guidance and professional conditioning for common sub-health diseases, such as spondylosis, frozen shoulder, arthritis, high blood pressure, etc. are provided; moreover, free traditional methods of conditioning such as scraping, cupping, moxa acupuncture, massage, and acupoint meridian stimulation are also available. In 2021, a total of 3,512 people participated in TCM consultation activities.

Health Information Sharing

  • Health Consultation - Employ legally qualified physicians to provide labor health services, and provide one-on-one health consultation, health screening, psychological consultation, nutrition and exercise consultation and other services at the factory on a regular monthly basis, so that employees can also conduct professional medical consultation during working hours to understand health conditions and warning signs, so as to achieve the purpose of "early detection and early treatment".

  • Occupational Disease Prevention - Via the annual physical check-up and the monitoring results of the special hazardous working environment, the company understands the health status of the staff, provides appropriate personal protective equipment, manages physical check-ups at different levels, and arranges a consultation with doctors to actively prevent occupational diseases; there was no occupational disease reported in 2022.

  • Maternal Health Protection Plan - Set breastfeeding rooms in the company and provide health protection and care services for postpartum female employees.

  • Health Information Sharing - The company provides health information on the company’s website from time to time, such as influenza, novel influenza A, and dizziness, for the employees to refer to.

 

Sexual Harassment Complaints Mechanism

To maintain gender equality in employment and personal dignity, and to protect employees and jobseekers from sexual harassment, Simplo Tech disclosed “Regulations for Prevention, Correction, Complaint and Punishment of Sexual Harassment”. We take proper measures to prevent, correct, punish, deal with, and safeguard the privacy of the people who are involved. We also provide channels for complaints, and establish prevention and coping mechanisms before and after the harassment to protect the rights and interests of employees.

If sexual harassment is found to be true after investigation, the person who is complained will be punished or dealt with appropriate disciplinary actions depending on the severity of the offense. If the party needs counseling or medical treatment, the company will also introduce professional consultants or medical institutions. Simplo Tech conducts prevention education of sexual assault, sexual harassment and grievances policy during the orientation. The relevant information is also updated on the Simplo Tech internal website. In 2021, no formal sexual harassment complaint was reported.