Asia Cement has always believed that only healthy employees working in a safe environment can produce safe products that are trusted by customers. The Company treats safety and health of workers as the top indicator when evaluating the performance in the hope of providing a safe, healthy, and high quality work environment.

Occupational safety and health management

• Policy

• Method of evaluating effectiveness

1. Each year implementing management and performance assessment, confirming results’ move toward the targets.
2. Continue to trace the status of implementation and target achievement through Sustainability Implementation Committee and its work force.

• Action plan

1. The project of enhancing safety awareness and the training of occupational safety and health.
2. Conducting ordinary routine health check and the health check for the workers involving in hazardous work with health risks.
3. Conducting training by combining knowledge and skills based on the occupational competency, learning, and hazard prevention.

• Target

1. Number of fatality (%) : 0
2. Number of occupational accident : 0
3. Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (FR) reduced by 20% per million work hours
4. Lost Time Injury Severity Rate (SR) reduced by 20% per million work hours
5. Total Recordable Injury Index (FSI) reduced by 20%

• Coverage: 

Including 100% of Asia Cement employees and contractors.

• Mechanism of appeal

File petition to occupational safety and health department for suspected occupational disease, physical or mental infringement.
 

Occupational Health & Safety Governance and Strategy

  100% Coverage of Occupational Safety and Health Managemen Systems Across Asia Cement’s Industry Chain

Robust Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Governance and Systems 

ACC headquarters and all plants have established OSH management units and dedicated personnel in compliance with regulations, implementing appropriate management systems according to each site’s nature and headcount. Each site has an OSH Committee chaired by the President (or Plant Manager). Committee members include department heads and OSH professionals, with no less than one-third representing employees. The committee meets at least quarterly to propose OSH policy recommendations and to review, coordinate, and advise on related matters; quarterly OSH reports are also submitted to the Board of Directors to strengthen governance.

For business units below the legal threshold for establishing an OSH Committee, labor–management meetings are held with elected employee representatives. Employee participation, consultation, and communication are ensured through quarterly labor–management meetings and ad-hoc OSH trainings. For non-employee workers (e.g., contractors), participation, consultation, and communication are addressed via contractual provisions and ad-hoc OSH trainings.

Functioning Labor Union and Collective Agreements, 100% Coverage of All Employees

At Asia Cement’s Hsinchu and Hualien plants, all workers are union members and have signed collective agreements with the Company. At headquarters, a Labor-Management Conference has been established in accordance with government regulations, and labor-management agreements have been signed, with an agreement coverage rate of 100%. Matters covered by the agreements include benefits more favorable than the Labor Standards Act: all employees are entitled to 30 days of paid sick leave, and year-end special bonuses are allocated based on profitability, enabling profit sharing between labor and management.

In 2024, union members accounted for 70.7% of Asia Cement’s total employees, and the matters agreed between the union and the Company apply to 100% of all Asia Cement employees. The union regularly holds meetings of the board of directors and supervisors, extraordinary board meetings, and representative assemblies of members; the Labor-Management Conference is also convened once every three months, alongside various activities that promote employees’ physical and mental well-being and harmonious labor relations.

Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training

Vertically Integrated Contractor Management: 
A Joint Commitment to OSH Responsibility

Occupational Safety and Health Commitment signing coverage: 100%

Goal of Proactively Improving Health and Safety Performance
 

Note 1: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR): The number of lost time injured that occurred per 1 million man-hour worked (3 decimal places or less are not counted).
Note 2: Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (FR): The ratio of actual disabling injuries per million-man hours worked (only down to three digits after decimal point).
Note 3: Disabling Injury Severity Rate (SR): The total number of days lost per million-man hours worked due to injury (only down to decimal point).
 

Statistics of occupational injury

In 2024, recordable or severe occupational injury incidents involving employees at Asia Cement and its subsidiaries occurred at Asia Cement Hualien Plant, Ya Tung Ready-Mixed Concrete, Yuan Long Stainless Steel, and Fu Ming(Da) Transport. No recordable occupational injuries occurred at other sites, and there were no fatalities resulting from occupational injuries. Across all operating sites, there were also no occupational injuries or fatalities involving not employees.

Statistics for Occupational Injury in Asia Cement and its Subsidiaries:

Indicators for work safety assessment of Asia Cement (China) in 2023

In 2024, ACC (China) invested a total of RMB 108.15 million in health and safety initiatives. There were no occupational diseases as determined by law, and the Occupational Disease Rate (ODR) was 0%.