Safety Policies & Programs

Policy Key Points

Policy

Introduction

Yaskawa America, Inc. (YAI) is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all employees. In pursuit of this goal, Yaskawa will comply with all applicable legislation and other relevant requirements associated with our environmental aspects and impacts. YAI is committed to the continual improvement of all environmental aspects and impacts associated with our operations.

Yaskawa America, Inc. is committed to the prevention of pollution in all aspects of business activities, and a sustainable approach to the development and provision of our products and services will be adopted where possible. YAI is dedicated to these high environmental standards and expect all employees to be familiar with and comply with the contents of this policy.

Responsibilities

Management Committee (President and Vice Presidents)

• Ensure all associates receive environmental training sufficient to execute his/her responsibilities in compliance with environmental and general waste policies.
• Ensure all associates receive, understand and act upon information, instruction, and supervision as is necessary in order that they can undertake their role in an environmentally compliant manner.
• Ensure that environmental issues are given sufficient consideration when planning and making decisions in their areas of responsibility.
• Identifying and managing budgetary requirements in their areas of responsibility to ensure compliance with environmental legal requirements.
• Ensuring that workplace and work practice inspections and checks are regularly undertaken in their areas of responsibility.
• Ensuring that environmental performance in their areas of responsibility is assessed, monitored, and reviewed in order to continually improve on performance.

EHS Risk Mitigation Manager

• Develop the overall environmental strategy, policy, and plans/programs pertaining to the generation and disposal of waste.
• Collaborate with the VP of Operations, Director of Operations/Facilities, and Facilities Supervisor to ensure that all associates understand the following:
  • Environmental responsibilities in relation to the environmental strategy, policy, and plans
  • Consider environmental impacts when designing and executing job responsibilities and tasks
• Provide training and resources to support policy and programs with the appropriate accommodations and variations to reflect the conditions and environment of specific functions and/or locations.
• Provide advice and consultation to managers in preparation of environmental budgets.
• Provide guidance on new legislation and changes to existing legislation to the environment and assessing and advising on the implications for Yaskawa America, Inc.
• Ensuring environmental incidents are appropriately reported and investigated promptly and that any corrective or preventive actions are taken, as appropriate.

Director, Field Service

• Ensure all field service associates and contractors receive Yaskawa environmental training and customer site specific environmental instruction.
• Ensure all field service personnel estimate the waste that will be generated at a customer location, determine and plan for necessary containers and waste removal methods.
• Ensure waste management practice at customer locations is sufficient to minimize the potential for spill or impact to the environment. For outdoor activities, receptacles must be covered to prevent dispersion of waste materials and control the potential for run‐off.

Facilities

• Ensure waste disposal contractors are qualified and appropriately bonded.
• Ensure all associates are aware of waste and recycling processes, including the methods of segregation and handling requirements.
• Coordinate recycling with approved contractors.

All Associates

• Carry out assigned duties and tasks in accordance with Yaskawa’s Waste Management policy and relevant arrangements, environmental working practices, Yaskawa rules and instructions, and when at customer sites, the customer’s rules and instructions.
• Not interfere with or miss‐use anything provided in the interests of the environment or to do anything likely to endanger the environment.
• Co‐operate fully with their Manager or any other person on environmental matters so far as is necessary to enable any statutory duty or requirement to be performed or complied with.
• Make full and proper use of all equipment provided to protect the environment.
• Report any known defects in equipment or systems that they believe is or may become the cause of an environmental incident.
• Report environmental incidents or near misses promptly and co‐operate with any investigations.

Waste Segregation and Recycling

Yaskawa America, Inc. waste is segregated into the following categories:

• Recyclables
  • Electronic components, including printed circuit boards, computer equipment, instrumentation, drives, motors, electrical‐mechanical components
  • Wire
  • Sheet Metal
  • Wood and wood products
  • Paper and paper products
• Non‐Recyclable
  • General and organic waste
  • Expired or obsolete hazardous chemicals and empty containers that once contained hazardous chemicals

Wastes shall be segregated wherever possible to aid recycling and provide an indication of why waste is forming. Facilities provides containers for waste storage until recycling or disposal by an approved sub‐contractor. Project wastes, trash, and/or scrap materials are taken into consideration.

Storage and Handling

Waste materials must be properly stored and handled to minimize the potential for an accident or injury due to excessive clutter, the potential for spill, or impact to the environment. During outdoor activities, receptacles must be covered to prevent dispersion of waste materials and to control potential runoff.

Further consideration should be given in regards to the Duty of Care under the EPA (1990), which requires that waste holders must introduce and maintain housekeeping measures in order to keep waste safe from potential release. The containers shall prevent:

• Corrosion or wear of waste containers,
• Accidental spill or leakage,
• Accident or weather, breaking contained waste open, and allowing it to escape,
• Waste blowing away or falling while stored, transported, or handled, and
• Scavenging of waste by vandals, thieves, children, trespassers, or animals.

Flammable waste must be stored in a secure flammable cabinet and must not contain vessels (empty or full) which are capable of storing more than 50 gallons of highly flammable substances. No more than 500 ml of flammable substance may be held on an open bench, and all highly flammable containers, regardless of volume, must be clearly labeled in accordance with Yaskawa America, Inc.’s Hazard Communication Policy.

Storage and Handling of Waste at Customer Locations

Before beginning work on a job at a customer site, the Yaskawa associate shall:

1. Review customer specific waste management requirements,
2. Notify the customer if hazardous chemicals will be brought on to the customers property,
3. Plan the job and take into consideration and estimate all wastes, trash, and/or scrap materials that will be generated. The associate must evaluate the different types of trash generated, number and types of disposal containers, and the method of removal if necessary.

Training Related to this Policy

Each associate shall be instructed on the proper disposal method for waste. This training shall be completed by the associate’s supervisor and be specific to the types of wastes and waste product relevant to the associates work area and responsibilities.

Associates who could potentially handle wastes that are classified as hazardous must receive specific training related to handling, storage, and disposal of the hazardous material.

Revision History

Rev #	Description	Release Date	Approved by
0	Initial Release	3/8/2023	Thurwanger

Program Review

Review Date	Reviewed by	Changes Required (Yes/No)	Revision # if updated
1/16/2024	Thurwanger	No
1/21/2025	Thurwanger	No