Toray works to ensure shipping safety by maintaining a system that facilitates emergency communications in the event of shipping accidents and conducting emergency drills.
A variety of legal regulations such as the Fire Service Law, High Pressure Gas Safety Law, and Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law require the assurance of safety when transporting hazardous substances. Toray's Hazardous Substance Transport Safety Management Regulations govern matters related to the safe transport of combustible or hazardous materials. We are working to conclude safety agreements with customers, suppliers of raw materials and resources, and distribution partners to define the specific division of safety management roles and responsibilities during shipment and material handling.
The Transport Safety Law*2 enacted in October 2006 mandates improvements in distribution and transport safety. As part of its responsibility as a shipper, Toray has long asked distribution partners involved in shipping Toray products to work aggressively to prevent overloading, and during FY 2006 we sought to increase the effectiveness of those efforts by conducting random checks of truck weight at each of our plants. In the future we will continue to work with our distribution partners to reduce distribution accidents by regularly conducting similar activities.
*2 A law requiring shippers to establish and strengthen safety management systems.
Yellow card
Toray maintains emergency communication systems and conducts emergency drills to prepare for accidents that might occur during the shipment of its products. In the event that such an accident were to occur, our response systems are capable of dispatching support personnel to the accident site immediately. In addition, drivers of shipping vehicles carry Yellow Cards*3 bearing descriptions of emergency measures for minimizing damage at accident sites.
*3 Cards summarizing the names of any hazardous substances, applicable laws and regulations, hazardous properties, emergency accident procedures, emergency reporting and contact information, methods for minimizing the spread of damage, and other information.
