• Approach to Occupational Health and Safety
• Safety Management
• Fire and Natural Disaster Safety
• Facility Safety Maintenance

In FY2025, there were zero serious occupational accidents.^*1 To maintain this zero serious occupational accident status, we will continue to regularly monitor the quantity of high-risk equipment and chemical substances, as well as changes in the quantity of such items, and the state of risk management.
The number of occupational accidents resulting in absence from work was approximately 40% lower th in the previous fiscal year. In particular, we observed a decrease in accidents that can occur in everyday life, such as falls and back injuries. On the other hand, accidents with high potential risk for serious occupational accidents, such as being caught in or between heavy objects or electric shock, also occurred. We will establish unified company-wide safe work methods and strengthen the analysis of near-miss incidents and non-injury accidents.
The occupational accident frequency rate and severity rate^*2both decreased compared to the previous fiscal year, and continue to remain below the national average.

^*1Serious occupational accidents resulting in death, sequelae, or equivalent

Occupational Accident Frequency Rate Trend Occupational Accident Severity Rate Trend

(Unit: Accident)

* The count only includes accidents that resulted in the loss of one or more workdays or secondary evacuation.

The table below shows the targets for FY2025. After reviewing the results from FY2025, we set new targets for FY2026, as shown below.

We will analyze occupational accidents and incidents in FY2025. In FY2026, we will focus on the activities below to prevent recurrence and avoid incidents in the first place.

• Establish standardize safe work procedues for tasks involving heavy objects and for electrical work, and deploy them company-wide.
• Strengthen the analysis of near-miss incidents and accidents that do not result in lost days to identify and address potential hazards early.
• Review accident and near-miss trends at each site and, based on the findings, improve safety rules and procedures to ensure that they are effective and appropriately tailored to the scale and nature of operations.

All 28 Epson manufacturing sites around the world have established occupational health and safety management systems to protect employees from occupational and safety risks. These sites have all been certified as compliant with ISO 45001, the international standard for occupational health and safety management systems. In FY2025, we successfully completed all scheduled surveillance and recertification audits, maintaining ISO 45001 certification across all covered sites.

Epson production sites in Japan and abroad regularly create opportunities for management and operational staff and for labor and management to share information and level up their OH&S activities..
At the executive management level, Epson drives continuous improvement in occupational health and safety by holding separate meetings of the General Safety and Health Controllers every six months for domestic and overseas sites. These meetings bring together the heads of Epson plants, offices, and affiliated companies, with the participation of the responsible executive officer. The meetings provide a forum to share information about occupational health and safety activities, discuss key challenges, and align improvement efforts across the organization.
Monthly health and safety committee meetings are held between management and labor to gather and incorporate feedback from workers to improve workplace safety and health.
For overseas sales companies, which started occupational health and safety activities later than production sites, we hold individual site meetings in addition to general meetings to share site-specific challenges and best practices from other sites, thereby raising the overall level of safety and health.

Epson analyzes all occupational accidents and industrial incidents in the Epson Group, identifies causes, and implements measures to prevent similar incidents.
Information on occupational accidents and industrial incidents—including causes, countermeasures, and corrective actions—is compiled into "Safety News” bulletins and disseminated to all employees through the company intranet.

Epson considers safety and health education that protects employees' lives to be one of the most important types of education. One of its features is that the curricula are tailored to the different echelons and roles of general employees and managers and supervisors. For general employees, we provide practical techniques such as risk assessment and hazard prediction training. For managers and supervisors, we provide training to help them learn skills to lead the workplace. For safety and health professionals, we focus on improving practical skills. We use a common company-wide curriculum.
In FY2025, a total of approximately 80,000 people took safety and health courses. This included 34,131 general employees in Japan, 43,839 general employees overseas, 2,967 managers and supervisors, and 2,122 safety and health professionals (safety managers, chemical substance managers, etc.).

Epson has in place a Group-wide plan to control priority risks. We regularly review and update the plan and conduct drills based on it to prepare for fires, earthquakes, and wind and flood damage. These disaster drills are designed to preserve life, minimize damage, and enable a recovery. We test their effectiveness and take steps to further improve them.

In the event of a disaster or the threat of one, Epson sites in Japan and overseas, set up a disaster task force to direct disaster response and recovery efforts.
When a disaster control center is set up, the first thing it does is notify the Epson Group general disaster control center administrative office. The following information is provided in the notification:

• personnel safety
• damage to buildings, equipment, and facilities
• impact on operations
• any other information that the disaster task force chief deems necessary

To gather information in the aftermath of a disaster and to ensure that information is exchanged even if infrastructure is disrupted, we have set up multiple channels to receive reports from both domestic and international sources. We have established a system that allows us to quickly ascertain whether employees worldwide are safe and to communicate critical information. Alongside Group-wide response measures, each site has put procedures in place for checking employee safety and sharing information, enabling the timely assessment of disaster impacts. These measures better enable us to respond quickly in the immediate aftermath of a disaster and facilitate the timely collection and sharing of information needed to support recovery efforts.
The administrative office at Seiko Epson in Japan reviews site reports and activates a Central Disaster Task Force if the damage is extensive and widespread or if a site asks it to do so. In addition to assessing the damage at each site, the Task Force issues comprehensive guidelines to each site and provides prompt support and measures for recovery. It also compiles and announces the expected recovery time. Once the Central Disaster Task Force has completed its initial response, it quickly transitions to the BCP.

Many Epson sites in Japan and abroad have their own fire brigades. They regularly conduct drills to prepare them to take the lead in providing aid and minimizing damage to facilities and equipment in the event of a disaster. In addition, all Epson sites conduct drills to prepare them to mount an initial response to fires. These drills include hands-on training in the use of fire extinguishers and fire hydrants to strengthen their initial firefighting capabilities.
To prepare for other disasters, Epson sites also identify local risks based on hazard maps and other resources and implement training programs tailored to local risks. Epson also continuously updates its disaster preparedness rules and response guidelines to reflect lessons learned from past disasters, as well as the latest damage projections and findings. Updates are incorporated into site training and drills to enhance employee consciousness of disaster preparedness and strengthen their emergency response capabilities.
In terms of organizational structure, we regularly review the initial response system guidelines issued company-wide, and implement them at each location to ensure the most optimal system is in place.

Preparations in response to emerging infectious disease

Epson maintains safe facilities in line with the Epson Group Basic Occupational Health and Safety Policy to prevent accidents caused by faulty buildings, equipment, and facilities.
Facility safety maintenance covers all domestic and foreign Epson Group buildings and building equipment, including but not limited to electrical equipment, air conditioning and sanitary equipment, drainage equipment, disaster management equipment, communication equipment, and equipment for supplying gas and chemicals to production machinery. Maintaining the soundness of buildings and building equipment, planning and maintaining them to minimize damage from fires and earthquakes, and ensuring the safety of employees and others will help Epson to ensure business continuity and deliver products and services on time. Epson thus has in place a variety of facility safety measures.
For example, before a new building or new building equipment is constructed, installed, refurbished, or removed, a safety assessment is conducted to identify potential problems and improve designs. In addition to managing safety during construction, we also conduct safety assessments prior to use to verify that buildings and building equipment were constructed or installed as designed. If there is a problem, we have it fixed, and if it is not fixed, the building or equipment cannot be used until the problem is resolved.
In addition to ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and codes when conducting safety assessments, we are also working to build safer buildings and building equipment by establishing our own standards and preventing the recurrence of past accidents and problems.
In many cases, we enlist the cooperation of outside partners to do the actual construction work. When we hire a partner, we carefully manage safety by communicating the construction rules, controlling access to the site, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained, and providing instructions for working safely. We also try to raise safety awareness among our partners by holding safety conferences.
To encourage employees to acquire the licenses and qualifications needed for facility management and to maintain and raise the level of facility management, Epson provides employees with ongoing professional education. To help ensure electrical safety, Epson created its own program for training and qualifying electrical equipment technicians. Only qualified technicians are allowed to perform electrical work and maintenance on machinery used at Epson sites worldwide.
We at Epson will continue to try to eliminate occupational accidents through activities like these.