Process Safety Management (PSM)

Besides complying with government regulations, we manage production processes, equipment, and personnel based on PSM, and also refer to the PSM laws of the U.S. OSHA and technical document specifications issued by the CCPS of the AIChE.

The number of process safety incidents that occurred in 2019-2022 was 2 incidents, 1 incident, 1 incident, and 2 incidents, respectively. Once a process safety incident occurs in a plant, we assemble an investigation team with experts in each field to verify the facts and cause. Measures are simultaneously implemented in all factory offices and tracked until all improvements are completed. We supervise improvements through an impartial third party, subject to guidance and supervision of the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Occupational Safety and Health Administration to verify our implementation progress.

With regard to PSM training, the EHS Center continues to commission the Technical Training Center to assist in personnel training, hoping that the training mission will establish more accurate knowledge and management of process safety by employees. For statistics of PSM certifications in the past 4 years, please refer to: Appendix ESG performance data – Social

Implementation of Procedural HazOp

The 3-year Procedural HazOp Project was formulated to prevent potential process hazards or accidents from occurring during process equipment repair/maintenance, period with relatively unstable process conditions, such as when operations commence/ cease or early stages after commencing operations, when switching between processes, or during non-routine operations, such as modifying process conditions and tank cleaning. A total of 129 operations were completed this year with an implementation rate of 87.2%, and operations that were not completed will be tracked in 2023 Q1.

Accident statistics

A total of 286 false alarms were reported in 2022 (general occupational safety incidents: 205/Process safety incidents: 81). According to statistics, the main types of accidents were falling, getting trampled, falling objects, and pinch/collision/cut with 52, 37, and 25 cases, respectively. We convened meetings to review, investigate, and formulate improvement measures, in hopes of continuing to discover potential hazards, and further prevent occupational accidents and fire accidents from occurring.

2022 FPCC False Alarm Incident Statistics