Health and Safety Workplace
Management Model
Occupational Safety and Health Management System Operations
In order to protect the safety and health of all workers (employees and contractors), SKS has established an Occupational Safety and Health Office. Occupational safety and health business supervisors are also assigned to each stationed work location, to be responsible for implementing safety and health management. In accordance with Article 23 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, in 2020, the Company established an Occupational Safety and Health Management System Promotion Group. In accordance with ISO 45001 standards, we have established a management handbook, procedures manual, and related regulations. We also continuously implement the PDCA cycle: Establish targets→ Formulate a plan (Plan) → Implement the plan (Do) → Assess and verify (Check) → Continuous improvement (Act).
The system covers the headquarters and all sub-departments, and establishment and operations have been implemented for all internal departments. In particular, in August 2025, the headquarters passed ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems certification. This exemplifies the Company’s results and practical effectiveness in systematically implementing occupational health and safety management systems.
Through systematic risk management and legal compliance, the Company has lowered the risks of commonly-seen occupational accidents such as falls, trips, and traffic accidents. This has reduced hidden losses such as leave requests, overtime, and impacts on team morale. In addition, monthly Occupational Accident Specifics and Statistics Reports on the intranet (SKSOA & EIP) and clearly-stipulated operating procedures in the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations have strengthened incident prevention and continuous improvement capacity.
Occupational Safety and Health Senior Management Personnel Support and Engagement
In 2015, the Company established the Occupational Safety and Health Management Committee. Beginning in 2025, the Committee has 15 members, with the president acting as Committee chair. Six departments elect labor representative members (accounting for more than one-third of all members). The Committee holds quarterly meetings. They are responsible for the planning, promotion and supervision of occupational safety and health related affairs, including review of regulations and planning, making suggestions on additional purchases of protective equipment, etc. In 2025, the Committee made 4 worker safety proposals; all have been completed.
Onsite safety and health inspection is conducted by department supervisors once a month; managerial supervisors then carry out unscheduled inspections. Based on the random inspection results, the headquarters’ Occupational Safety and Health Office presents reports and improvement recommendations at monthly headquarters management meetings and quarterly managerial supervisor meetings. In 2025, inspections were carried out 12 times per department, and the defect improvement rate was 100%.
In addition, via the corporate intranet (EIP), regular department meetings, supervisor inspection meetings, and Occupational Safety and Health Office points of contact, employees can submit occupational health and safety suggestions and report hazards. The Company adopts a “No Fault, No Reprisal” principle, and encourages timely reporting of near misses and unsafe situations. Responsible departments then track improvements.
Occupational Safety and Health Educational Training
To strengthen employees’ hazard awareness and prevention concepts and to prevent workplace accidents, SKS conducts occupational safety and health education and training in accordance with the Company’s Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training Management Regulations. Necessary safety and health training is provided to all new employees, current employees, and employees reassigned to different positions. Employees serving as first-aid personnel or occupational safety and health personnel are required to complete relevant professional training for their roles, with the goal of achieving zero major occupational accidents.
To encourage employees to continuously enhance their occupational safety and health competencies through self-learning, the Company has established a dedicated “Safety and Health Training Materials” section on the corporate intranet (EIP) / Knowledge Center / Occupational Safety and Health Office, where employees may access and review relevant training materials at any time. In addition, occupational accident case studies and traffic safety awareness notices are periodically issued, and related education and training programs are conducted to strengthen employees’ safety knowledge and skills and reduce the occurrence of accidents.
For non-employees (contractors), “Work Environment and Hazard Notification” training is conducted for construction personnel prior to site entry, with records retained for verification purposes. Contractors are informed of potential workplace hazards and the required preventive measures to enhance hazard awareness and reduce accidents. In addition, non-employees (contractors) are required to complete general occupational safety and health training, obtain an Occupational Safety Card, or provide a certificate of completion for a 6-hour general occupational safety and health training course issued by a qualified training institution before entering the worksite, ensuring they possess basic hazard awareness and safety knowledge.
Labor Safety and Health Educational Trainings
| Type of Training | Number of People |
|---|---|
| General safety and health educational training | 266 |
| Educational training for workers changing positions | 5 |
| Educational training for current workers | 1,649 |
| Total | 1,920 |
- General safety and health educational training was completed in 2025.
- The total number of incumbent employees receiving on-the-job training excludes newly hired employees onboarded during the year and employees on unpaid leave.
- Employees who had not completed the general occupational safety and health training were assigned overseas and are scheduled to complete the training upon returning from their assignments in 2026.
Safety and Health Professional Licenses
| Type of License | Number of People |
|---|---|
| Level A Technician for Occupational Safety Management | 1 |
| Level B Technician for Occupational Safety Management | 2 |
| Class 1 Manager for Occupational Safety and Health Affairs | 44 |
| Class 3 Manager for Occupational Safety and Health Affairs | 4 |
| Class A Manager of Occupational Safety and Health Affairs – Construction Industry | 1 |
| Class C Manager of Occupational Safety and Health Affairs – Construction Industry | 16 |
| First Responder | 90 |
| Fire Prevention Manager | 2 |
| Nurse Practitioner for Labor Health Services | 1 |
| Total | 161 |
The calculation includes licenses that are valid as of December 31, 2025.
Safety and Health Management of Contractors
SKS cares about occupational safety and health risks for contractors in the course of their operations. In order to reduce major health and safety impacts that may occur with external workers, we have put in place a robust contractor safety and health management mechanism. We also include contractors within our overall occupational health and safety management system, in order to strengthen supply chain safety management.
When SKS conducts contractor selection and assessment, if it is a new contractor, then before working with them, we implement a Supplier (Regular) Evaluation and a Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Management Compliance Assessment. For existing contractors, we implement at least one assessment per year. Contractors are then ranked into one of four classes, based on their assessment results: Class A (85 points or higher) are superior vendors, to whom priority is given; Class B (80 to 84 points) are compliant vendors, for whom continued cooperation is allowed; Class C (60 to 79 points) are those requiring further observation, and requiring improvements before a deadline; and Class D (less than 60 points or requiring further observation two times in a row) are determined to be noncompliant and lose their supplier qualifications. Through this graded management mechanism, we continuously enhance contractor safety and health management capacity.
When a contractor enters the worksite, the Company implements work environment and hazard factor notification operations. For construction, upkeep, maintenance, and other such work characteristics, we clearly explain potential hazards in the operating environment and what preventive measures must be adopted. We also create a record of such, in order to enhance operating personnel’s hazard identification capacity and risk awareness. In addition, all contracted work proceeds in accordance with the Contractor Safety and Health Management Procedures; and we have established a Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Management Register, which covers employees, subcontractors, cleaning staff, security staff, etc. All this helps strengthen personnel management and lower outsourced operations risks.
During the operations implementation stage, a contractor is required to complete a pre-worksite-entry eligibility review, and safety and health training. In addition, they are required to comply with the Company’s onsite inspections, operating permit system, and all safety regulations. For high-risk operations, we use an operations permitting mechanism to implement control and ensure operational safety. In the event of an incident or near miss, the contractor is required to report in a timely fashion in accordance with regulations, and to comply with the implementation of follow-up investigation and correction mechanisms. The results of such implementation are included within annual contractor evaluations, and form a major basis for continued cooperation risk assessments.
Turning to supervision and performance management, in 2025, we implemented 36 contractor safety and health audits (composed of 12 Occupational Safety and Health Office audits, 12 Service Department audits, and 12 subcontractor audits). Improvements have been made for all matters discovered through these audits, and ongoing tracking and refinement are carried out in accordance with the PDCA cycle. In 2025, no major occupational hazard incidents occurred with contractors, and there were no instances of confirmed occupational disease. This shows that the Company’s contractor safety management measures have reached specific results.
In the future, we will continue to strengthen our contractor safety and health management system, and enhance risk prevention and control capacity. Through systematic management and performance tracking mechanisms, we will build safe, healthy work environments alongside our contractors.
| Year | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Project | SKS | Workers |
| Number of People | 1,731 | 304 |
| Percentage (%) | 85.1 | 14.9 |
“Workers” refers to non-employee workers whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the Company, including contractors.
2025 Occupational Safety and Health Management System Performance Indicators
- Operated the Teacher Chang Free Psychological Counseling Hotline, offering professional counseling and referral services. This initiative was integrated with corporate childcare support, self-improvement activities, club participation, health seminars, and various health promotion programs to actively foster a supportive workplace environment. Emphasis was placed on building psychological resilience and family support systems for employees. Through these measures, the Company promoted holistic health development, enhanced employee well-being, and demonstrated its commitment to employee care and corporate social responsibility. In 2024, SKS successfully obtained the Health Promotion Certification Mark, marking a key step toward building a sustainable healthy workplace.
- Compliance audits were conducted at least once every 6 months.
- The Company conducts at least four health seminars annually. In 2025, eight sessions were conducted.
- In August 2025, the Headquarters passed the ISO 45001 certification audit and received professional recognition from the third-party certification body, BSI.
- Reduce the number of traffic accidents related to occupational injuries by 10% compared with 2024. (This target was not achieved. A traffic accident reduction management program will be established in 2026 for continuous improvement.)
- Working Environment Monitoring: In May and November of each year, carbon dioxide concentration monitoring is conducted at indoor workplaces within buildings equipped with centrally managed air-conditioning systems. In 2025, monitoring was conducted at 15 locations nationwide, covering a total of 120 monitoring points. All monitoring results complied with the “Permissible Exposure Limits for Workers.”
- A total of six workplace unlawful infringement complaint cases were reported in 2025, all of which were investigated and resolved, achieving a 100% case closure rate. In addition, five related education and training sessions were conducted, with a total of 547 participant attendances.
Occupational Safety and Health Management and Goal Achievement Rate
Our short-term goal is Zero major occupational hazards, with our ultimate goal set as Zero hazards and Zero accidents.
Corporate Occupational Health and Safety Issues and Risk and Opportunity Management
In response to the possible risks and opportunities due to the changes in corporate occupational safety and health issues, SKS set standards for the identification of corporate occupational safety and health issues, workers and stakeholders, the collection of issues of concern, and the management of risks and opportunities. These risks and opportunities were assessed and managed with countermeasures and control measures taken in advance in order to achieve the sustainable operation goal and to ensure the effective operation of the occupational safety and health management system. Issues identified in 2025 were analyzed by category as follows:
- External context issues: 14.
- Internal context issues: 18.
- Issues of concern to stakeholders: 5.
- Regulatory compliance issues: 7.
- A total of nine items were identified as unacceptable organizational risks (high risks), including supplier occupational health management, ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system implementation, contractor qualification management, occupational safety audits, prevention of workplace falls and traffic accidents, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease prevention, and the four major occupational health programs (human factors, workplace violence prevention, overwork prevention, and maternal health protection). As improvement actions remained ongoing, these items were included in the 2026 continuous improvement plan.
Safety Management of Field Duty During Typhoons
To reduce the risk of occupational accidents for employees performing duties during typhoon conditions, SKS has established a Typhoon Outdoor Operations Safety Management Plan to safeguard the safety and health of frontline personnel. When employees performing outdoor duties during typhoons identify hazardous conditions that may threaten personal safety, they are instructed to prioritize their own safety and avoid taking unnecessary risks. Employees who are unable to complete assigned tasks due to safety concerns will not be subject to adverse disciplinary actions; however, they are required to immediately report the situation to their supervisors and the control center.
In line with the Company’s occupational safety and health policy of complying with occupational safety regulations and requirements, SKS conducted four safety assessments for outdoor personnel in regions where work and classes were suspended due to typhoons in 2025. Personal safety remains the highest priority during typhoon operations. Employees are entitled to exercise their “right to retreat” when facing dangerous conditions, and those unable to complete tasks due to safety risks will not face unfavorable treatment. Relevant provisions have been clearly stipulated in the “Safety and Health Work Rules” and the “Typhoon Outdoor Operations Safety Management Plan.”
Occupational Disaster Incident Notification, Handling and Investigation Management
- There were no additional instances of SKS employees having confirmed occupational disease or work-related fatalities.
- There were no instances of SKS contractors having work injuries.
In accordance with the Ministry of Labor’s legally-mandated procedures, SKS combines the expert assessments of a physician specialized in occupational disease to implement occupational disease determinations and statistics. Only if a disease is confirmed to be work-related is it added as a case of occupational disease. In 2025, there were 0 cases of new occupational disease among the Company’s employees, for an occupational disease rate of 0. There were also no occupational disease cases among the Company’s contractors.
The Company continues to use a variety of health management and operational safety measures to identify potential pathogenic factors and high-risk populations. Then, in accordance with risk classifications, we adopt control measures such as construction, management, and health promotions, in order to reduce the probability of occupational diseases occurring.
SKS encourages both employees and contractors to report all types of occupational safety and health incidents in a timely fashion, and ensures that during the reporting process, said people are not subjected to any detrimental effects. If an incident occurs, we adopt response, handing, and rescue measures in accordance with procedures, in order to reduce hazards to a minimum. We then also implement investigation and review, to analyze the causes, formulate improvement measures, and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. These management systems apply to all employees’, contractors’, and visitors’ activities within worksites, as well as accidents that occur as a result of business travel, but do not include contractor traffic incidents.
In the event of an occupational accident, in addition to necessary first aid, rescue, and other measures, the department shall also report the incident in accordance with the notification process:
- In the event of an occupational disaster, the involved person or the department supervisor must report the incident on BPM and enters the SKSOA system → Human Resources Zone → Occupational Accident Reporting → Report a Case.
- The shift manager at the Northern District Control Center determines if the incident constitutes a major occupational accident. If it is a major occupational accident, the shift manager must report it on the occupational accident reporting website and notify the headquarters department supervisor, the Human Resources Department, and the Occupational Safety and Health Office. If it does not constitute a major occupational accident, the shift manager only needs to report it to the headquarters department supervisor, the Human Resources Department, and the Occupational Safety and Health Office. If the incident is not an injury or death of an employee caused by an accident during their commute, the shift supervisor will file and close the case.
- The department manager must investigate the accident with labor representatives within 3 days of the accident, fill out an Occupational Accident Report along with photos from the scene of the accident, and report the incident on BPM.
- Within 7 working days of the accident, the occupational accident incident and the traffic safety promotion session must be completed and reported (along with session photos and attendance form) on BPM, to prevent reoccurrence of similar accidents.
- The department manager notifies the victim’s family members of the status.
- Follow-up handling of occupational accidents; disaster relief for victims and compensation for occupational accidents.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Office compiles details and statistics on occupational accidents each month, which are then announced in the workplace and submitted to the labor inspection agency for review.