Safety and Health Management

Our Commitment to Safety in the Workplace

Tadano Group has significant obligations and responsibility for product safety, to protect both our customers and society. It is occupational safety at the company that supports product safety. We believe that realizing occupational safety at the company is essential to ensuring the safety of our products. Our plants in Japan were subjected to a safety diagnosis conducted by an external organization, wherein the evaluation and feedback were reported to the company in March 2022. Since then, we have been working to further improve our safety management system through regular communication among safety leaders from plants in Japan and overseas. In September 2022, while continuing with the health and safety activities we have practiced, as the first of new actions, we introduced monthly health and safety education courses in the form of animated video streaming for employees.

Interactive safety observation patrols by managers and supervisors

Training in interactive safety observation patrol for managers and supervisors started in May 2023, in which they acquired skills to identify employees’ unsafe behaviors and conditions. The techniques enable them to communicate more effectively with workers. Rather than just pointing out problems in one-way communication, they can communicate safety concerns through dialogues that can sound more convincing to workers. This has raised workers’ awareness of safety and led to activities for reducing risks. We also encourage those who have already mastered the techniques to guide other managers and supervisors to improve their techniques to further promote safety. By using safety as a starting point to stimulate communication, we also aim to bring about more open communication within organizations, which will have a positive impact on performance in aspects other than safety.

Safety & health report meetings and top management patrol

Representatives from each Tadano locations, including group companies in Japan, gather annually to review safety and health activities over the year and report on future activity plans. The agenda also includes top management patrol. In addition to reporting on the progress and results of company-wide activities, each location reports on its own safety and health activities. Best practices from different locations are shared and applied across the board to improve the overall levels of safety activities. Recent examples of best practices shared include “classifying human errors into 12
categories and investigating root causes,” “newly establishing a skills management group and forming a safety team to enhance training programs,” “conducting on-site driving assessments to reduce traffic accidents,” and “attaching special marks to new employees’ helmets to make them readily recognizable and involve all team members in their training.”

Tadano’s Health Management Initiatives

Recognition as a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Large Enterprise Category)

Since launching its Physical and Mental Wellness Program in 1981, Tadano has been working to foster a culture of health in the workplace. Initiatives include granting company employees and families access to the Fitness Center located within the company.
Since 2018, Tadano has been recognized in the Large Enterprise Category of the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council). In 2025, we ranked 751st to 800th out of 3,869 companies (901st to 950th out of 3,520 companies in 2024). Our 11 group companies in Japan were also recognized in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Category of the 2024 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization Recognition Program in March 2025.
We have set up and published ten health management KPIs which include overtime hours, the rate of paid leave taken, the rate of annual health checkups and close medical examinations taken, non-smoking rate, and the rate of stress check taken, as part of our efforts to secure work-life balance, prevent lifestyle related diseases, and address mental health.

Utilizing health apps

In March 2024, we introduced a points program using a health app that awards points to cafeteria plans as an incentive to promote healthy behaviors. The health app ranks employees by the average number of steps taken per week within the Tadano Group to encourage them to improve their health through competing with others. Health points were awarded to employees who answered three questions about “healthy behaviors” in the “daily log” section of the app. As a result, the percentage of employees who have registered with the health app (KENPOS) increased by 15% (registration rate as of March 2025: 56.6%). We will continue to conduct activities that encourage employees to be mindful of their health.

Holding health management events

Every three months, we pick up a topic on health management and hold events and other activities themed on that. For example, events held under the theme of “exercise and passive smoking” include “KENPOS team competition” (employees compete in teams based on rankings in average steps taken over two weeks) and “No Car Week” (employees are encouraged not to use cars as a means of transportation). In addition, in conjunction with World No Tobacco Day (May 31), we designated a “No Smoking Day” and put up posters calling for employees not to smoke on the premises for the day. The KENPOS team competition was joined by 65 teams and 430 participants, with 23 teams achieving an average of over 10,000 steps.
Participants in No Car Week commented that getting a little physical activity in the morning before work helped them clear their heads and improved concentration (72% were satisfied). The campaign led to improved physical and mental health while reducing CO2 emissions to protect the environment.
Also, under the theme of “eating habits,” we conducted a clean-up hike on Mount Yashima with the aim of promoting health and contributing to society. Employees and their families joined the hike, and at the summit, onigiri (rice balls) enriched with plenty of vegetables were served. We participated in the charity campaign Onigiri Action 2024*.
*The Onigiri Action is an initiative that uses the iconic Japanese food onigiri as its symbol. By posting a photo of onigiri on social media or the campaign website, partner companies will donate 100 yen (equivalent to five school meals) for each photo posted, which will be given to children in Africa and Asia through Approved Specified Nonprofit Corporation TABLE FOR TWO International.