Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
Are you managing safety?
Personally, I think simple safety management is really great.
It’s important to make sure everyone is fully aware of this and keeps it in mind.
The other day, I attended a safety committee meeting at a major company.
An absolutely miraculous accident happened in that case study.
It really is a miracle.
Despite the safety measures we had in place, an accident—a true miracle—occurred.
I can't help but call it bad luck...
I feel that even if we take precautions, such miraculous accidents are beyond the realm of human control.
But that’s what you’d expect from a major company.
We have no choice but to respond to that.
Take measures to address the incident and devise a response plan. Then submit a report.
I fully understand that this is part of the job, but I still can’t help but wonder, “Isn’t this going a bit too far?”
It’s something that shouldn’t have happened, but it did.
But there's nothing I can do about it now.
Major companies often say that accident rates remain consistent throughout the year.
Last year, the year before last, and this year, the numbers have remained virtually flat, always settling at just a few cases more or less.
This branch did well this year, but the other branch has had an increase in accidents...
Since I attend safety committee meetings at various companies, I understand this very well, but,
Isn't it impossible to keep the accident rate at a certain level, given the scale and volume of that company's construction projects?
Could there be a correlation between sales volume and accident rates?
That's what I'm thinking.
Since it’s negative information, companies won’t make it public, but when you actually look at it, you can’t help but think that’s the case.
And because we have to keep adapting to that, our work is getting harder and harder to do.
Respond by using safety equipment, or by imposing behavioral restrictions (don't do this, don't do that).
There are all sorts of things, but I feel like we should focus more on our awareness rather than on that.
With the number of foreign nationals on the rise these days, we need to raise awareness even further.
I don't really have a brilliant idea of what to do either, but I'd like to come up with some kind of answer.
When it comes to accidents that seem almost miraculous, I actually think it’s better to stick with the usual precautions and just focus on doing this or that.
Since there’s no better solution than this—rather than forcing ourselves to do what we can’t—we’ll focus on the human aspect.
I fully understand the sense of mission felt by major companies—that “We must take action on this issue!”—and that is the basis for this discussion.
(I'm not criticizing this, but it's a downside that makes it harder and harder to get things done on the ground lol)
Safety is a lot of work.
I'm hoping we can strike a good balance between construction and other factors.
See you later.
