Occupational Health and Safety

Initiatives

Creation of the Yamazen Health and Safety Council

As a designated construction company, Yamazen complies with the Construction Business Act and the Industrial Safety and Health Act. We established the Yamazen Health and Safety Council, primarily to provide labor safety education and guidance to our employees and construction partners, and we manage its administrative operations, including safety conventions. Currently, with 242 registered companies (142 in Eastern Japan and 100 in Western Japan), our activities go beyond safety education. We support member contractors in obtaining construction IDs to improve construction quality, engage in construction defect insurance where the association is the policyholder and members are the insured, and actively implement IT solutions. This includes support for the joint use of the Construction Career Up System (CCUS) and construction/project management software, aiming to reduce common labor burdens and risks through information sharing of construction photos, drawings, and schedules, and more.

Health Management

Yamazen Health Management Declaration

Yamazen’s most value assets are its personnel. At the very beginning of our management philosophy, we mention “management of fostering personnel” as well as our philosophy of “to make active use of personnel, and to foster independent and virtuous employees.” Based on this philosophy, we recognize that the promotion of employee health is important for the happiness of employees and their families, which will lead to each and every employee working enthusiastically, and “creating a rewarding workplace,” and are addressing this matter as an important management issue.

Yamazen Health Management Promotion System

Yamazen actively promotes health management based on the Yamazen Health Management Declaration. We have also built systems to boost vitality and reinvigorate the organization through stronger sustainability management, helping to build a rewarding workplace from a health standpoint.

Initiatives

Setting Health Goals

In this effort to maintain and improve the health of individual employees, each employee sets voluntary goals that meet all three of the following criteria: (1) pertains to health, (2) is somewhat challenging for them currently, and (3) is achievable and sustainable, which are then assessed six months later.
Participation Rate
FY2023: 92%
FY2024: 91%
Examples of Goals
Walk XX steps, do XX push-ups and sit-ups (strength training), quit or cut back on smoking, lose XX kg (weight control), sleep XX hours (get adequate sleep)

Improving Health Literacy

We conduct online training on such topics as diet, exercise, sleep, and women’s health issues. We also provide healthy recipes, ways to stretch, and other information on health to employees through the company website.

Health Checkup Participation Rate

FY2023: 99.8%
FY2024: 100%*
* For FY2024, this is the health checkup reservation rate (as of February 28, 2025)

External Recognition

We were certified as a 2025 Outstanding Organization of KENKO Investment for Health (Large Enterprise Category) under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Recognition Program for the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health. Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health is a system that recognizes corporations that practice outstanding health management based on initiatives that address regional health issues and health promotion efforts advanced by Nippon Kenko Kaigi, with this year marking our third consecutive year of certification.