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Safety & Health

Safe Workplace, Healthier employees

Establishment of Safety Management System

Kia is building a safety management system based on ISO 45001, using the principles and policies of safety and environment as its foundation. With the goal of establishing autonomous safety management, we have set the Safety and Environment Vision 2025 Roadmap to achieve a safety and environment system at the level of ‘voluntary participation.’ Accordingly, we are promoting improvement activities.

Mission

By putting people and the environment first, we strive to create a culture of safety and make it a part of out daily lives.

Vision

'Integrate the safety and environment systems of all our facilities across the globe and achieve Safety Level 3 by 2025'

Safety and environment management system

Proactive regulatory compliance

Meet global requirements and minimize regulatory risks

Inherent safety design

Ensure perfect safety from the design stage

Minimize environmental pollutant emissions

Actively adopt energy-saving and eco-friendly technologies

Internalize safety consciousness

Promote a culture of complaance and establish a safety education system

Basic Principles

We strictly adhere to the principles of safety and environment in all decision-making prosesses.
We put the safety and health of all people first
We fulfill our social responsibility for safety and environment and seek shared growth with our suppliers.

Safety and Environment Vision 2025 Roadmap

Safety and Environment Vision 2025 roadmap Table
Target Year ~ 2022 ~ 2025 2026 ~ Ultimate Goal
Target Establishment of safety management system Establishment of safety management system Establishment of safety management system Establishment of safety management system
Activities
  • Safety management pursuant to related laws
  • Establishment of safety management system with in-house suppliers
  • Cultivation of a culture where employees voluntarily conduct safety practices
  • Establishment of safety management system at each supplier
  • Analysis and validation of the effectiveness of safety activities
  • Activation of safety management at each supplier
  • Integration of safety and health activities into daily routines
  • Safety supervision activities among field workers

Basic Principles of Kia's Safety and Environment

We strictly comply with the principles of the safety and environment and consider the safety and environment in all decision making.
We consider the health and safety of everyone we work with as our top priority.
We fulfill our social responsibility for safety and the environment, and promote shared growth with our suppliers.

Safety and Environment Policy

1. Compliance with laws and regulations related to the safe environment

We have a safe environment system that meets global requirements, comply laws and regulations, and prioritize the requirements of stakeholders.

2. Minimization of the risks of the safety environment

We build a safe and pleasant work environment where our employees can create the value of their work and provide a happy experience to customers.

3. Minimization of environmental pollutant emissions

We optimize energy and resource input in all production areas, and actively introduce ecofriendly technologies to minimize emission of environmental pollutants.

4. Organizational culture in which safety is internalized

We strive to create a safety culture in which employees discover threats and proactively address those threats in order to create a safer workplace.

Kia Safety and Environment management system

Kia prevents industrial accidents by providing a safe and pleasant work environment and spreading a safety culture, and improves the health of its and its partners' employees to fulfill its corporate social responsibility. We realize safety and health sustainable management by establishing an autonomous safety management system based on the safety and health management system (ISO) with the support of the safety and health leadership of the top management.

Industrial Accidents

Industrial Accidents table
2020 2021 2022
No. of industrial accidents(Cases) 313 415 388
Industrial accident rate(%) 0.89 1.20 1.13

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate(LTIFR*)

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate(LTIFR)
Classification 2020 2021 2022
Employees 1.00 1.10 1.17
Suppliers' employees 3.02 2.72 3.08

* LTIFR : Loss of work accident rate, and the formula is as follows: Number of injuries (accidents) in a 12-month period / Total hours worked by all employees in the same 12-month period x 1,000,00

Occupational Injury Frequency Rate(OIFR*)

Occupational Injury Frequency Rate(OIFR)
Classification 2020 2021 2022
Employees 1.11 1.76 1.56

* OIFR : Loss of disease-related accident rate, and the formula is as follows: Number of injuries (accidents) in a 12-month period / Total hours worked by all employees in the same 12-month period x 1,000,00

Preemptive Response to Critical Accident

In order to prevent critical and industrial accidents, Kia identifies accident locations for each Autoland and high-risk locations where similar accidents may occur, and creates a safety map. Inspection and regular inspection (once a month) organized by the Safety and Environment Center are being conducted. In addition, through the operation of a company-wide safety organization regular meeting (once a month) in which the heads of departments, department heads, and safety officers of each safety and environment sector participate, the inspection results and improvement status are checked, and safety issues for each Autoland are shared in advance in other sectors as well and we are discussing the cause/solution so that we can respond.

Critical Accident Reporting System*

CSO (Chief Safety Officer)

Headquarter situation room: Director of Safety and Environment Center
Relevant sector: Labor support, Safety cooperation support, Labor safety, Legal affairs, PR business support
Autoland Situation room

* Autoland

Main Task

  • Initial Response - Suspension of work, evacuation of workers, measures to prevent further damage
  • Accident investigation and accident report (internal/external)
  • Patient status identification and relief measures

Establishment of a Critical Accident Prevention System

Critical Accident
Prevention System

High-risk field management through safety map

「Safety Inspection Day」 hosted for the whole sector

(4th of every month, TBM, safety checks, etc.)

Company-wide safety check regular meetings driven by CSO

(once a week, safety issues shared, and support for related tasks)

Meetings and inspections conducted by the Safety Division

(once a month, company-wide safety team leader meeting / check the compliance with the Serious Accidents Punishment Act)