Workplace safety

Occupational Safety and Health Policy

1.Follow the regulations

2.Control the risk to safety & health

3.Improve continuously

4.Participate in consultation


Occupational Safety and Health Committee

AES has established the "Occupational Safety and Health Committee". The committee convenes meetings regularly, to take charge of coordination, discussion, and improvement recommendations related to issues of OSH policies, management plans, and education and training implementation plans.
 

Safety and Health Management System

AES production sites have been certified to ISO 45001: 2018 by third-party verification. The Company maintains a long-term goal of “zero health and safety incidents”, continually ensuring and developing a safe and comfortable workplace environment. The OHS management system, including internal and external audits, covers both employees and non-employees, with a comprehensive coverage rate of 100%.

 
 
 
 
 

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Main production sites of AES comply 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 AES complies with the requirements of the local regulations and the provisions of the ISO 45001 OSH Management System, to establish relevant systems for incident prevention, investigation and reporting, corrective measures for non-conformities, and the management of preventive measures. These 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. AES has formulated the “Management Procedures for Personal Protective Equipment, Management Procedures for Emergency Preparation and Response and Procedures for Incident Reporting and Investigation”.

For each occupational accident, the Company's safety and health department conducts an occupational injury assessment and provides a summary report and improvement plan, to control occupational accidents from the source as much as possible and reduce the probability of their occurrence. In addition, in accordance with the provisions of Taiwan's Occupational Safety and Health Law and the China's Work Safety Law, the company's employees, outsourcing and contractors may stop operations and evacuate the site after taking possible emergency measures in case of an emergency that directly endangers personal safety during operation, without any punishment.

n 2023, we will carry out fire evacuation, heat stroke, object strike drills, chemical leakage and other emergency hazard drills to strengthen the response ability of employees in emergencies and reduce the damage degree in the event of occupational disasters. A total of 10 drills will be carried out, including all colleagues, contractors and visitors, with a total of 2,102 people participating.
 

Safety and Health Education and Training

AES complies with the local laws and internal management measures of each operating site, continuously implements occupational safety and health education and training, establishes comprehensive employee safety training strategies, and provides employees with the safety and health education and training required for work and disaster prevention.
 

OSH education system

  • New recruits: General education on occupational safety and health before entering the workplace.
  • On-the-job employee safety and health training: Strengthen training and publicize relevant occupational safety and health education.
  • Professional certification training: Employees engaged in special operations must undergo professional training to obtain a certificate of qualification, and are required to wear personal safety protective equipment during operation.
  • Management system training: Implement the management system cycle (PDCA)through training programs to build a complete and systematic occupational safety and health management system.
 

Contractor management

AES has established contractor management procedures for contractors entering the plant zones. In addition to complying with local regulations at each operational site, contractors must apply for entry before entering the plant zones.

They are required to undergo hazard notification and education and training. Entry into the plant zones is granted only after obtaining construction permits. After entering the plant, contractors must abide by the Safety and Health Work Regulations of AES's contractors and related regulations.
 

 
 
 

Workplace Health

AES promotes a comprehensive health care program and hires dedicated nurses to be responsible for the implementation of health promotion-related businesses, including health care, employee assistance, health promotion, and occupational disease warning. They exceed legal requirements by offering annual free health checkups for employees, regular first aid training, and facilities including lactation rooms, medical rooms, and AED installations on site. AES invites contracted medical personnel monthly to provide free health counseling at the plant.

Healthcare Services

  • Health checkup: Physical examination for new employees, annual health checkup for general employees, and health checkup for special operations. The special health checkup items include free radiation, n-hexane, noise, dust, forklift driving, ionizing radiation, tin dioxide, power frequency electric field, epoxy resin, ethanol, high temperature, iron and other chemical hazards.
  • Health promotion: Health lectures, physical fitness competitions, sports environment, and promotion of sports clubs.
  • Health management: Tracking of abnormalities in the health checkup report, care for medium and high-risk individuals, maternity protection plan, and on-site medical consultation services
 

Health Enhancement

  • In order to promote workplace health, AES establishes smooth internal communication channels, such as dedicated email and physical mail boxes, to ensure a friendly workplace environment and employee rights.
  • AES hired special medical staff to take charge of the implementation of health promotion related business, and provide four hours of medical service once a month, including health care, employee assistance, health promotion, occupational disease early warning, etc. There was totaling 27 sessions in 2023.
  • There are lactation rooms and AED facilities in the factory.
  • At the same time, it is better than the provisions of the law to hold a free health examination of the company's employees every year and regularly hold first-aid training. In 2023, the number of Trend Power and Trend Energy’s general health examination were 317 employees, and Trend Power (Changshu) was 531 employees. In addition, the number of Tren
 
 

Sexual Harassment Complaints Mechanism

To maintain gender equality in employment and personal dignity, and to protect employees and jobseekers from sexual harassment, AES 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 to help. AES conducts prevention education of sexual assault, sexual harassment and grievances policy during the orientation. The relevant information is also updated on the AES internal website. In 2023, no formal sexual harassment complaint is filed.