Occupational Safety and Health Management

Sesoda abides by local laws and regulations and actively promotes the safety and health of workers. The factory imported the occupational safety and health management system and passed the third-party certification of ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 14001:2015. Workers covered by the occupational safety management system include all workers in the Suao Main Plant. The activities and scope of the occupational safety and health management system can be found in the certificate of the occupational safety and health management system. The Contractor and suppliers are supervised and managed in accordance with ISO 45001 H-09 Contractor Environmental, Safety and Health Management Regulations.

Labor and management collaboration for building a safe and healthy working environment

The Suao Plant of the Company has achieved ISO 45001 certification. ISO 45001 defines the regulations for all workplace activities within the Company’s management-related departments, encompassing various environmental, safety, and health management processes, proactive accident prevention, pollution control, and the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of occupational safety and health management systems. The Company has an Occupational Safety and Health Committee, which consists of three workers’ representatives and six members. Sesoda is the highest deliberation and discussion organization for safety and health management. It holds regular meetings every quarter, and is responsible for studying, coordinating and supervising safety and health-related matters in various factories to implement safety and health management. Occupational safety and health management is one of the key topics of communication between employers and employees, and the following safety and health items are included in the discussion at the meeting of employers and employees and the meeting of occupational safety and health committee. The committee is convened every three months, and is responsible for deliberating, coordinating and suggesting occupational safety and health-related matters, deciding the investigation results of occupational accidents, deliberating the results of monitoring the working environment, proposing proposals on health management and health promotion, and assessing the performance of on-site safety and health management, so as to prevent occupational accidents and ensure the safety and healthy working environment of employees.

Responsibilities of the Occupational Safety and Health Committee

The Suao Plant of the Company has achieved ISO 45001 certification. ISO 45001 defines the regulations for all workplace activities within the Company’s management-related departments, encompassing various environmental, safety, and health management processes, proactive accident prevention, pollution control, and the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of occupational safety and health management systems. The Company has an Occupational Safety and Health Committee, which consists of three workers’ representatives and six members. Sesoda is the highest deliberation and discussion organization for safety and health management. It holds regular meetings every quarter, and is responsible for studying, coordinating and supervising safety and health-related matters in various factories to implement safety and health management. Occupational safety and health management is one of the key topics of communication between employers and employees, and the following safety and health items are included in the discussion at the meeting of employers and employees and the meeting of occupational safety and health committee. The committee is convened every three months, and is responsible for deliberating, coordinating and suggesting occupational safety and health-related matters, deciding the investigation results of occupational accidents, deliberating the results of monitoring the working environment, proposing proposals on health management and health promotion, and assessing the performance of on-site safety and health management, so as to prevent occupational accidents and ensure the safety and healthy working environment of employees.

Occupational Health and Safety Management Committee

Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Accident Investigation

The Company has established the "Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Management Method" to ensure the effective operation of hazard identification and risk assessment. Process management includes responsible personnel from various relevant departments identifying and registering occupational health and safety hazards arising from company activities, facilities, processes, and services (including suppliers, subcontractors, contractors, etc.). Descriptions are provided for each operation process regarding energy, raw materials, machinery, causes of risk (unsafe behaviors, unsafe environments), and sources of danger to the health and safety of personnel within the workplace originating from nearby or external activities. Hazard identification considers the safety risks to workers from daily operations and changes derived from safety risks, assessing them as high-risk items. After approval by the Occupational Safety and Health Committee, occupational safety and health goals and programs are established for responsible units to implement. The results are tracked by the Occupational Safety and Health Committee each quarter. Common hazard types at the Company include electrocution, entanglement injuries, impact injuries, falls, and chemical spill injuries. In addition, for accident investigations, the Company has established the "Accident Notification and Investigation Management Method" to implement the investigation and management of accidents, including records of false alarms and policies and requirements for workers to leave work conditions they believe could cause injury or illness. Any work-related injury incident is notified and handled according to the process outlined in the "Accident Notification and Investigation Management Method.” The effectiveness of work injury improvements is reviewed by the Occupational Safety and Health Committee each quarter.

If employees encounter immediate hazards while performing their work duties, they are required to immediately stop or leave the hazardous area. At Suao Main Plant, health management personnel have been introduced who consult on a scheduled basis to attend to employees' health. Additionally, there is a complaint 67 mechanism in place, allowing employees to lodge complaints about illegal activities. To protect those who file complaints, the Company provides a whistleblower system.

Strengthen the ability of self-defense fire fighting formation and disaster contingency drills

本Suao Main Plant stores and piles various chemicals in response to the chemical workplace area. In order to prevent and avoid the loss of personnel and property and strengthen the resilience of factory personnel to emergency accidents and natural disasters, it can take appropriate emergency measures for emergency treatment, document them in writing, set up emergency response organizations in the general factory, and set up emergency response teams in various units to comprehensively evaluate and consider possible situations in advance. Set up emergency response procedures, and each unit shall conduct emergency response drills at least once a year, organize personnel to determine the correct handling procedures through regular education and training, and be proficient in the use of safety protection equipment to ensure the safety of personnel and the normal operation of the factory, and avoid the occurrence of environmental impact and pollution incidents, so as to minimize the disaster losses caused by accidents. Materials such as solid raw fuel (sun-dried salt, limestone, potassium chloride) and finished products, fuel oil (heavy oil, diesel oil), hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid are equal to abnormal accidents during transportation inside and outside the factory, which shall be handled in accordance with the work instruction "Operation Instructions for Abnormal Emergency Response" of our factory.

Industrial injury statistics

Implement safety and health education and training every year to ensure that employees can carry out safe operations in a safe behavior and a safe environment. Formulate safety and health inspection operations, and patrol and inspect all operations at any time with practical actions to prevent disasters. Establish a series of disaster emergency response procedures to ensure the life safety of employees and manufacturers and the property interests of company investors, and avoid or reduce the impact on family, society or environment when accidents or disasters occur. Production processes and transportation are controlled based on the results of annual hazard identification and risk assessment:

Total working hours of female employees in 2024: 11,416 hours; total working hours of male employees: 250,440 hours, total accumulated working hours:261,856hours; total working hours of male contractor employees for the year: 27,936, with total accumulated working hours: 289,792 hours. There was one process safety incident involving employees in the plant during the reporting period; no transportation accidents occurred.

Because Suao Main Plant is the Company's main product manufacturing base, Suao Main Plant is the main work injury statistics base at present. It is expected that Taichung, Changhua and the head office will be included in the statistics in 2026.

Statistical list of missed work rate and industrial injury rate of Suao Main Plant in recent three years