By linking ISO 45001 certification to productivity and quality, Mitsubishi Fuso is treating worker safety as an operational metric
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has gained ISO 45001 certification, the international benchmark for workplace health and safety management, covering its headquarters and the Kawasaki Plant in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The truckmaker intends to use the framework to standardise its safety processes and to work towards eliminating workplace accidents and occupational illness.
Published by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 45001 sets out the management systems and operating processes employers need to prevent work-related injury and ill health. Compliance rests on a continuous plan-do-check-act cycle, covering leadership commitment, hazard and risk assessment with countermeasures, legal compliance, and the setting and review of safety objectives and plans.
MFTBC plans to build on that structure with a more proactive approach to workplace safety, protecting employees and others from harm. The company ties safer working conditions directly to steady gains in productivity and quality, treating worker welfare as part of plant performance.
Certification of this kind is awarded after external audit, giving customers and partners independent assurance of how the Kawasaki operations manage risk. A member of the Archion Group, MFTBC develops and builds commercial vehicles for around 170 countries and regions from plants in Japan and Portugal, and is pursuing electrification and safety technologies.
Source: Fuso
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