Toray Group has prepared the FP Checklist, a proprietary checklist of 550 items relating to fire and explosion accident prevention. The entire Group, including subsidiaries and affiliates, works to prevent fire and explosion accidents by utilizing the checklist to conduct voluntary annual inspections.

In the event of a fire accident or near-accident, a Fire Accident/Near-accident Report is issued as a means of sharing information throughout the Group to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future. The entire Group implemented countermeasures to prevent recurring accidents following two serious accidents in 2006, when a heat medium circulation pump caught fire at the Nagoya Plant (see CSR Report 2006 for more information) and a lightning strike sparked a fire at the Seta Plant.

Toray Group companies believe that giving employees firsthand experience of the potential dangers of the chemicals they handle and the frightening potential of fires and explosions with test devices increases the effectiveness of accident prevention efforts. To this end, we systematically conduct experimental demonstrations of fires and explosions.

We also conduct systematic fire prevention drills covering communications, evacuation, firefighting, and other activities to minimize damage in the event of an accident. We conducted comprehensive fire drills, emergency task force drills, and emergency communication drills last year.

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  Explosion demonstration (Shiga Plant)
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  Dust explosion experiment
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  Firefighting drill (Tsuchiura Plant)
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  Emergency drill (Okazaki Plant)77