ESG Report 2022

7.5.1 Production Safety Maintenance The United Laboratories adheres to the objective of management system, all departments have to “Safety First, Prevention Upmost”, sees production strictly comply with the relevant laws and safety as our operational focus, carefully enforces regulations and related internal regulations, and implements occupational-health-and-safety- regularly analyse the condition of work safety and related regulations and systems, and strives to figure out the dangerous factors and potentials reduce the occurrence of safety accidents. The risks, and hence to formulate improvement Gr oup ha s f o rmu l a t ed a c omp r ehen s i v e measures. At the same time, the person in charge occupational health and safety management of the production department or the safety system and obtained the OHSAS18001:2007 management committee are responsible for certification. Inner Mongolia Company has also conducting regular safety inspections and enforcing pa s s ed t he l e v e l t wo p r odu c t i on s a f e t y safety education to strengthen employees' standardisation review and obtained the awareness of safety and reduce the potential risks ISO45001:2018 certification on Occupational of accidents. Health and Safety Management Systems. With the In regard to the management of hazardous developed treatment procedures for the issues of chemicals, the Group strictly complies with laws safety and work injures, to equip employees with a n d r e g u l a t i o n s o f h a z a r d o u s c h em i c a l sufficient knowledge in case of injuries, and enable management, and highlights the risks and damages them to promptly respond in an effective manner, brought by the maltreatment of hazardous so as to minimise the casualties and financial loss. chemicals. The Group has formulated strict For the injured employees, the Group strictly r e g u l a t i o n s i n t h e a r e a s o f wa r e h o u s e enforces the relevant provisions of wages, management, material safety management in subsidies and fees related to work injury to protect warehouse and upon entering and leaving to the basic rights and interests of our employees. monitor the storage and transportation of various To ensure that safety comes first, the Group held a types of chemicals. Inner Mongolia Company has series of training sessions as part of the also introduced strict hazardous waste collection “Production Safety Month” to ensure that facilities and procedures for hazardous waste employees in each workshop are familiar with treatment. Each type of hazardous waste has to operating in accordance with safety regulations and undergo harmless treatment to secure the health safe production procedures. and work safety of employees. The Group has also Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China Rules for Fire Prevention and Control of Buildings Safety Regulations Regulation on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals Regulation on Work-Related Injury Insurance Management of Hazardous Chemicals and Work-related Injuries Relevant Laws Regulations and Realm Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2022 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited 57