JFE Steel Corporation today announced that its Chita Works has acquired ISO 45001 (JIS Q 45001) Certification, an international standard for occupational health and safety management systems.¹

Based on the core principle that "safety takes precedence over everything else," all staff employed at our steel mills and manufacturing plants are working together to create safe and healthy workplaces. In order to further promote autonomous and systematic occupational health and safety management throughout the organization, we have established occupational health and safety management processes that comply with the international standard ISO 45001.

JFE Steel will continue to make efforts to create safer and healthier workplaces by sequentially acquiring this certification at all of our business sites and by continuously and effectively implementing compliant occupational health and safety management processes.

¹ Published in March 2018 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is a framework for a series of voluntary activities that systematically and continuously implement the following: a declaration of health and safety policies by the operator's senior management; investigation of hazards or harmfulness with measures taken based on the results; setting of health and safety targets; and preparation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of health and safety plans.

Certification details:

Registered organization	: JFE Steel Corporation Chita Works
Certification Body	: JIC Quality Assurance Ltd.
Applicable standard	: ISO 45001:2018/JIS Q 45001:2018
Scope of certification registration	: Activities related to manufacturing of steel pipes and castings
Registration No.	: H102
Date of Issue	: September 9, 2021

Registration Card:

About JFE Steel Corporation

JFE Steel Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated steel producers, was established through the consolidation of NKK Corporation and Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 2003. The company operates several steelworks in Japan and numerous branch offices and affiliates throughout the world. JFE Steel leverages world-class technologies and know-how to produce a wide range of products based on its “Only One, Number One” strategy of focusing on unique and best-in-class products. The company reported consolidated sales of 2,255 billion yen and consolidated crude steel output of 23.96 million tons in the fiscal year ended March 2021.

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