Safety, Occupational Health and Environment in the Workplace

Safety, Occupational Health and Environment in the Workplace ^[3-3]

The Company is strongly and seriously committed to occupational health and safety management, prioritizing its occupational health and safety management system as a core aspect of business operations. It strictly adheres to all occupational health and safety requirements and continuously works to improve and prevent hazards, including work-related injuries and illnesses, for employees, business partners, contractors, and stakeholders involved in its operations. Additionally, the Company assesses work-related risks across all business processes, including both new projects and ongoing operations, to ensure a safe working environment. The Company also emphasizes cultivating and continuously raising awareness of workplace safety among employees and related parties to foster a strong safety culture. This includes shared safety values and a clear safety framework "Stop, Report, Wait" aimed at achieving a common goal: preventing and reducing hazards, accidents, and work-related illnesses, minimizing potential losses to life and property, and mitigating any impact on surrounding communities and the environment. Additionally, the Company promotes an organizational culture of safety and encourages cooperation among workers, personnel at all levels, and executives.

Operational Goals

Targets for 2024	Performance in 2024	Targets for 2025	Targets for 2030
Number of work-related fatalities among employees and business partners: 0 case	0 case	0 case	0 case
High-consequence work-related injury rate for employees, business partners, and contractors: 0 case	0 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours
Occupational disease rate: 0 case	0 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) for employees	0.422 case per 1 million working hours	< 0.4 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) for business partners and contractors	0 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours	0 case per 1 million working hours

Action Plan
Establish occupational health, safety and environmental policies to safeguard occupational safety and work environment for workers, contractors and subcontractors, including communities and stakeholders involved in the Company’s operational activities, as well as establish operational safety manuals and supervise operations to comply with the manuals and procedures to ensure safety in the workplace. Accident and incident investigations are reported to determine solutions and be aware of preventing repeat accidents. Duties and responsibilities of employees are defined at all levels of safety work, where employees can refuse jobs at risk of accidents and illnesses and must reduce risk before performing in accordance with the requirements of the ISO45001:2018 Occupational Safety and Health System Standard [403-1] [403-2] [403-7] Establish the Occupational Safety and Work Environment Committee to achieve collaboration between administrative representatives (MPT level) and employee representatives (Non-MPT level), consisting of representatives from employees at operating level at least 50% of the entire Committee, the representatives of the operating level are elected from each department, which requires at least one meeting per month in accordance with ISO45001 as a platform to receive information from each department and communication through channels such as E-mail and public relations boards and follow up the progress of operations and future operational plans, etc. [403-4] Provide services and support workers to access medical services such as primary medical treatment and emergency treatment at the Company’s medical rooms, providing regular nurses and doctors every business day to employees and contractors with free of charge, and provide influenza vaccinations and COVID-19 vaccines to the Company’s employees. The Company also focuses on the health of individuals around the plant, with mobile medical units being issued for public health check-ups. [403-6] Provide occupational safety and health training for all employees and contractors before starting to work with total of 12 training courses: (1) Security Occupational health and work environment for general staff and new employees (2) Safety for driving forklifts for operating work, (3) Reviewing work safety in confined space (4) Initial firefighting ,(5) Occupational Safety, Health and Work Environment Committee (OECD) (6) Work Safety Officers at Executive Level (7), Work Safety Officers at Supervisor Level, and (8) Review knowledge for crane supervisor, signaler and controllers of crane (stationary); (9) Mobile crane operator; (10) Occupational and environmental diseases; (11) Performance of duties as a crane operator, those giving signals to crane operators, those binding materials or those controlling the use of fixed crane; and (12) basic resuscitation (CPR) and use of a cardiac pacemaker [403-5]. An emergency response plan is established, along with an annual rehearsal of the plan. This includes preparedness for events such as fires, chemical spills, explosions, and radioactive leaks. Additionally, training sessions covering advanced firefighting, chemical spill containment, and emergency situation management are provided [403-5]. The Company has implemented Total Preventive Maintenance activities to enhance productivity. A Small Group Activity comprising relevant personnel has been established to brainstorm ideas and propose guidelines for improving machinery and work procedures. The aim is to minimize losses and increase productivity by 2024, which could result in significant cost reduction, potentially saving Baht 16,314,988. [403-5] Hazards are indicated as well as safety risk assessments in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001:2018), the risk-owned workers analyze their own characteristics of the work operation and others involved, such as third parties and contractors in all processes, to identify potential hazards from operations and to assess potential opportunities and impacts to prioritize risk management, starting from Elimination, Substitution, Engineering Control, Management Control, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to acceptable risky tasks, as well as ensure safety supervision and monitor risk management operations in accordance with plans and goals. [403-1] [403-2] Preparation for work response by providing personal safety protective equipment for employees to use in operations and other safety protective equipment as required by law to prevent injuries and work accidents, which covers emergency response preparation, as well as business continuity management. [403-4] The working environment is controlled by wearing personal safety protective equipment to prevent injury and accidents from work. The work environment is regularly measured and evaluated as required by law, such as air quality measurement, volume monitoring and light intensity Measurement, etc. [403-2] [403-4] A medical room is provided with on-site nurses and physicians to offer consultation and care regarding illnesses and injuries. First aid service from injuries is provided to employees and contractors, as well as monitoring health risks of employees, health check-ups are provided from the start of work, Health check-ups based on risk factors such as hearing fitness test and pulmonary checkup, Electrocardiogram Examination (EKG), in case of working in a place of confined air, etc., annual health check-ups, both general health check-ups and health check-ups based on occupational health risk factors, are provided with the Company’s occupational medicine doctors and occupational health professionals, jointly determining the list of health check-ups of workers based on factors inside and outside the workplace. If the employees have abnormal health check-up results, they must visit the doctor and receive ongoing healthcare advice, as well as providing medical benefits (OPD) for employees, parents, spouses and legal offspring. [403-3] Supervise the performance of workers, outsiders and stakeholders in the operating area to strictly comply with the rules, safety regulations and regulations. [403-1] Basic Basic training is provided prior to commencing work for contractors and subcontractor workers. Safety and occupational health training is also conducted for business partners, contractors, and subcontractors. In 2024, a total of 5,749 workers successfully completed the training and commenced work. Communicate safety, occupational health and work environment policies, cultivate awareness and create a safe work culture, develop knowledge skills and organize activities in the areas of continuous promotion of health, safety, occupational health and work environments. [403-4] The Company has established criteria for determining training courses in occupational health, safety, fire prevention, and suppression that are necessary for employees and contractors, appropriate for the job position, type of work to be performed, or risky activities. These courses aim to develop knowledge, abilities, and understanding of potential dangers that may cause accidents, as well as how to prevent and control these dangers while performing duties and the measures for performing jobs assigned with safety. Evaluation is scheduled to be carried out immediately, and training history will be stored.

Action Plan

Establish occupational health, safety and environmental policies to safeguard occupational safety and work environment for workers, contractors and subcontractors, including communities and stakeholders involved in the Company’s operational activities, as well as establish operational safety manuals and supervise operations to comply with the manuals and procedures to ensure safety in the workplace. Accident and incident investigations are reported to determine solutions and be aware of preventing repeat accidents. Duties and responsibilities of employees are defined at all levels of safety work, where employees can refuse jobs at risk of accidents and illnesses and must reduce risk before performing in accordance with the requirements of the ISO45001:2018 Occupational Safety and Health System Standard [403-1] [403-2] [403-7]

Establish the Occupational Safety and Work Environment Committee to achieve collaboration between administrative representatives (MPT level) and employee representatives (Non-MPT level), consisting of representatives from employees at operating level at least 50% of the entire Committee, the representatives of the operating level are elected from each department, which requires at least one meeting per month in accordance with ISO45001 as a platform to receive information from each department and communication through channels such as E-mail and public relations boards and follow up the progress of operations and future operational plans, etc. [403-4]

Provide services and support workers to access medical services such as primary medical treatment and emergency treatment at the Company’s medical rooms, providing regular nurses and doctors every business day to employees and contractors with free of charge, and provide influenza vaccinations and COVID-19 vaccines to the Company’s employees. The Company also focuses on the health of individuals around the plant, with mobile medical units being issued for public health check-ups. [403-6]

Provide occupational safety and health training for all employees and contractors before starting to work with total of 12 training courses: (1) Security Occupational health and work environment for general staff and new employees (2) Safety for driving forklifts for operating work, (3) Reviewing work safety in confined space (4) Initial firefighting ,(5) Occupational Safety, Health and Work Environment Committee (OECD) (6) Work Safety Officers at Executive Level (7), Work Safety Officers at Supervisor Level, and (8) Review knowledge for crane supervisor, signaler and controllers of crane (stationary); (9) Mobile crane operator; (10) Occupational and environmental diseases; (11) Performance of duties as a crane operator, those giving signals to crane operators, those binding materials or those controlling the use of fixed crane; and (12) basic resuscitation (CPR) and use of a cardiac pacemaker [403-5].

An emergency response plan is established, along with an annual rehearsal of the plan. This includes preparedness for events such as fires, chemical spills, explosions, and radioactive leaks. Additionally, training sessions covering advanced firefighting, chemical spill containment, and emergency situation management are provided [403-5].

The Company has implemented Total Preventive Maintenance activities to enhance productivity. A Small Group Activity comprising relevant personnel has been established to brainstorm ideas and propose guidelines for improving machinery and work procedures. The aim is to minimize losses and increase productivity by 2024, which could result in significant cost reduction, potentially saving Baht 16,314,988. [403-5]

Hazards are indicated as well as safety risk assessments in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001:2018), the risk-owned workers analyze their own characteristics of the work operation and others involved, such as third parties and contractors in all processes, to identify potential hazards from operations and to assess potential opportunities and impacts to prioritize risk management, starting from Elimination, Substitution, Engineering Control, Management Control, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to acceptable risky tasks, as well as ensure safety supervision and monitor risk management operations in accordance with plans and goals. [403-1] [403-2]

Preparation for work response by providing personal safety protective equipment for employees to use in operations and other safety protective equipment as required by law to prevent injuries and work accidents, which covers emergency response preparation, as well as business continuity management. [403-4]

The working environment is controlled by wearing personal safety protective equipment to prevent injury and accidents from work. The work environment is regularly measured and evaluated as required by law, such as air quality measurement, volume monitoring and light intensity Measurement, etc. [403-2] [403-4]

A medical room is provided with on-site nurses and physicians to offer consultation and care regarding illnesses and injuries. First aid service from injuries is provided to employees and contractors, as well as monitoring health risks of employees, health check-ups are provided from the start of work, Health check-ups based on risk factors such as hearing fitness test and pulmonary checkup, Electrocardiogram Examination (EKG), in case of working in a place of confined air, etc., annual health check-ups, both general health check-ups and health check-ups based on occupational health risk factors, are provided with the Company’s occupational medicine doctors and occupational health professionals, jointly determining the list of health check-ups of workers based on factors inside and outside the workplace. If the employees have abnormal health check-up results, they must visit the doctor and receive ongoing healthcare advice, as well as providing medical benefits (OPD) for employees, parents, spouses and legal offspring. [403-3]

Supervise the performance of workers, outsiders and stakeholders in the operating area to strictly comply with the rules, safety regulations and regulations. [403-1]

Basic Basic training is provided prior to commencing work for contractors and subcontractor workers. Safety and occupational health training is also conducted for business partners, contractors, and subcontractors. In 2024, a total of 5,749 workers successfully completed the training and commenced work.

Communicate safety, occupational health and work environment policies, cultivate awareness and create a safe work culture, develop knowledge skills and organize activities in the areas of continuous promotion of health, safety, occupational health and work environments. [403-4]

The Company has established criteria for determining training courses in occupational health, safety, fire prevention, and suppression that are necessary for employees and contractors, appropriate for the job position, type of work to be performed, or risky activities. These courses aim to develop knowledge, abilities, and understanding of potential dangers that may cause accidents, as well as how to prevent and control these dangers while performing duties and the measures for performing jobs assigned with safety. Evaluation is scheduled to be carried out immediately, and training history will be stored.

Management Structure of Safety, Occupational Health, and Workplace Environment

The Company has set up a Safety Operations Committee for safeguard of Occupational Health and Environment, which consists of the management team and professional safety officers of the Company, to perform their duties and responsibilities for management of Safety, Occupational health, and Work Environment in compliance with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001:2018) and safety laws. The Company’s objective is no occupational accidents and no occupational illnesses or occupational illnesses from work.

Preparation and Response Measures for Emergency Situations ⁽^403-7)

The Company established an emergency response plan whereby every plant is required to prepare an emergency response plan which clearly defines roles, responsibilities, and operational procedures, as well as requiring rehearsals, annual emergency responses such as fire, chemical leakage, and boiler explosion. In this regard, there must be an assessment and rehearsal of such an emergency plan in order to apply suggestions to improve the efficiency of emergency response operations. The Company also provides training to add expertise to employees who are responsible for responding to emergencies, such as advanced firefighting training, chemical leakage prevention, and emergency management training.

Employee Training on Occupational Health and Safety ^(403-5)

The Company has implemented a training course on occupational health and safety aimed at preventing and suppressing fires, which is mandatory for all employees and contractors. Tailored to their respective roles, tasks, or involvement in risky activities, this course aims to enhance their knowledge, skills, and comprehension of potential hazards and accident causes. Participants will learn techniques for hazard protection and control while executing their assigned duties safely, thereby minimizing the severity of impacts on individuals and property. Additionally, the training equips each participant with the ability to effectively manage emergencies. The course is designed to undergo evaluation and documentation, with records stored in the training history archives.

Employee Training Record

Course Topics	Number of employees (persons)
Course Topics	2023	2024
Safety Occupational health and working environment for general and new employees	258	3,455
Occupational and environmental diseases	258	274
Primary Fire Extinguishing	258	274
Safety at work, forklift driving	172	178
Safety Board Vocational Education and Work Environment	25	0
Occupational Safety Officer, Executive Level	23	21
Occupational Safety Officer Level Supervisor	56	13
Review of crane operators, signal giver to crane operator Material binder or crane operator (stationary)	293	67
Mobile crane operator	40	0
Performing crane operator duties Signal giver to crane operator Material binder or spinning rig operator (stationary)	27	0
Primary resuscitation (CPR) and pacemaker use	21	0
Risk issues and safe working techniques	258	815
Environmental issues	258	1,137

Contractor Training Record

Training Program Topics	Number of Contractors Trained (persons)
Training Program Topics	2023	2024
Safety Occupational health and working environment for general and new employees	877	1,622
Occupational and environmental diseases	877	1,622
Primary Fire Extinguishing	877	1,622
Risk issues and safe working techniques	877	1,622
Environmental issues	877	1,622

Project Benefits

Employees and Suppliers / Contractors who come to work at the Company are required to understand the contents of the safety curriculum related to their own work conditions, especially the risks associated with their works, and be able to deal with those risks and cope with emergency situations that may occur. This is aimed at reducing the severity of impacts on people, property, production, and the environment. Consequently, each function is prepared to efficiently handle emergencies, ensuring continuous business operations. This resulted in an improvement in the Company's safety performance in 2024 compared to 2023 as follows:

Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) per million working hours in 2024 was 0.422, a decrease of 0.115 compared to 2023.
Total hours worked without any lost time incidents amounted to 18,683,374 hours.
The rate of work-related illnesses among employees and contractors was 0 cases.
Additionally, the training provided to contractors and business partners is part of our ongoing effort to promote sustainable business practices and collaboration.

Comprehensive workforce under occupational health and safety management system ^[403-8]

	Number (persons)	Percent
Employees and workers in the establishments controlled or supervised by the organization
employees	6,921	100
workers	1,622	100
Employees and workers in the establishments controlled or supervised by the organization (and audited by the organization)
employees	4,703	67.95
workers	456	28.11
Employees and workers in the establishments controlled or supervised by the organization (and audited by external organizations)
employees	951	13.74
workers	96	5.92

Remarks: Employee refers to the Company’s personnel (not including those in subsidiary companies).

Worker refers to personnel of other establishments, controlled or supervised by the Company to be in compliance

with ISO 45001:2018 standards.

Table of establishments certified with ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System of the Company ^[403-8]

	Number (persons)	Percent
Establishments controlled or managed by the Organization
Cement plant	4,112	100
CRT and FCB plants	930	100
Head Office	1,288	100
LDPE and EVA plants	591	100
Total	6,921	100
Establishments controlled or managed by the Organization (and inspected by the Organization)
Cement plant	4,112	100
CRT and FCB plants	0	0
Head Office	0	0
LDPE and EVA plants	591	100
Total	4,703	67.95
Establishments controlled or managed by the Organization (and inspected by External Organization)
Cement plant	4,112	100
CRT and FCB plants	0	0
Head Office	0	0
LDPE and EVA plants	591	100
Total	4,703	67.95

Table of Work-related Injuries and Health Problems Data (403-9) (403-10)

Performance	2022	2023	2024
Fatality Rate of Employees (cases/million working hours)	0	0	0
Fatality Rate of business partner and contractors (cases/million working hours)	0	0	0
Number of employee fatalities (cases)	0	0	0
Number of business partner and contractor fatalities (cases)	0	0	0
High-impact work-related injury rate of employees (cases/million working hours)	0	0	0
High-impact work-related injury rate of business partners and contractors (cases/million working hours)	0	0	0
Number of employees injured due to high-impact work (cases)	0	0	0
Number of business partners and contractors injured due to high-impact work (cases)	0	0	0
Injury Frequency Rate (IFR) of employees (number of cases per 1 million working hours)	0.653	0.536	0.542
Injury Frequency Rate (IFR) of business partners and contractors (number of cases per 1 million working hours)	2.538	0.946	0.771
Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) of employees (Number of cases per 1 million working hours)	0.653	0.536	0.422
Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) of business partners and contractors (Number of cases per 1 million working hours)	1.015	0.946	0.771
Morbidity rate of occupational diseases of employees	0.00	0.00	0.00
Morbidity rate of occupational diseases of business partners and contractors	0.00	0.00	0.00
Working hours without Lost Time Accident in case of employees	22,237,755.00	22,979,705.00	18,683,374.00
Working hours without Lost Time Accident in case of business partners and contractors	2,078,400.00	3,806,400.00	3,596,768.00
Working hours of employees	6,846,515.00	6,782,566.50	16,597,644.50
Working hours of business partners and contractors	1,970,400.00	3,172,608.00	3,892,800.00
Level 3 emergencies (fire, chemical spill, explosion, radiation leak, and building collapse)	0	0	0

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Safety, Occupational Health and Environment in the Workplace