Occupational Environmental Safety and Health

Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety

Management Approach

CT follows the PDCA cycle of the Occupational Safety and Health Management System to gradually implement safety and health management measures. The Company regularly reviews each unit’s performance indicators at the Occupational Safety and Health Committee and the Environmental Health and Safety Management Review meetings. It continuously commits funds and manpower resources to enhance employee safety in the working environment, reduce the incidence of occupational accidents and promote employee health care, while building a safe and sustainable CT.

Environmental health and safety performance indicators are divided into proactive categories (such as safety and health promotion activities and environmental health and safety improvements) and passive categories (such as regulatory sanctions and near-miss events). In addition to complying with occupational safety and health regulations, the Company increased the frequency of general health examinations and physiological tests for employees and requires every on-site colleague to undergo special inspections for noise and dust, in order to enhance operational safety and promote health care.

ž   Occupational Safety and Health Management System

Since 2017, CT has implemented the OHSAS 18001: 2007 Occupational Safety and Health Management System. The system applies to all personnel working within CT’s plant premises, and regulations for contractors’ employees are specified separately in contracts and their attachments. After each unit conducts hazard identification and risk assessment for its operations, improvements are implemented based on risk levels and evaluated for effectiveness using two performance indicators.

To comply with the requirements of the revised ISO 45001: 2018 standard and to pass the transition audit conducted by a third‑party certification body in February 2021, the Company enhanced its occupational health and safety performance and ensured the provision of a safe workplace for employees.

ž   Occupational Safety and Health Committee

The Company, in accordance with the Regulations for Occupational Safety and Health Management, has established the Occupational Safety and Health Committee, consisting of 22 members composed of occupational safety and health personnel, relevant department supervisors and labor representatives. The committee includes 1 chairperson, 1 chief secretary, 12 ex officio members and 8 labor representatives.

The labor representatives for the current term completed vote counting and announced the results at the end of May 2025. Their term of office runs from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2027, the term of appointment is two years, and the employer serves as Chairman to oversee the committee’s affairs.

In accordance with Article 12 of the Regulations for Occupational Safety and Health Management, CT mandates that the committee convene once each quarter to handle matters related to occupational safety and health management, regularly review the occupational safety and health management processes, execute follow up actions based on meeting minutes, and collaboratively integrate occupational safety and health policies into each employee’s job responsibilities.

ž   Contractor Management

In accordance with the occupational safety and health management system, related activities and workers of contractors/cooperating vendors have been included in the risk identification and assessment. They receive hazard notification and the necessary education and training from the Company for carrying out work and preventing disasters. Contractor meetings are held weekly, for a cumulative total of 44 times. If contractors violate regulations when entering the plant, deductions will be imposed to supervise operating procedures. Follow-up improvements include strengthening advocacy and increasing the frequency of plant inspections. Through regular coordination organization meetings, important matters are coordinated and two-way communication is established.

ž   Responsibility and Grievance Mechanism

During the reporting period, members of the Occupational Safety and Health Committee participated in 0 occupational safety and health proposals and grievances, with non-management workers accounting for 25% of participation and management workers accounting for 75%.

ž   Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Regulations

In 2025, there were 2 violations of occupational safety and health laws and regulations, resulting in fines of NTD 160,000. The main violation was of Article 153 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules: “To prevent collapse, cave-in, or falling during the handling, stacking, or disposal of materials, employers shall adopt necessary facilities such as rope binding, protective nets, piles, height limits, or changes in stacking, and shall prohibit personnel unrelated to the operation from entering such places.” This was because an on-site employee stood in a high-risk location within the material control area, causing the materials to slide, and the employee was unable to evade in time and was caught and injured. Subsequently, occupational safety and health education and training were provided to the employee, and piles were installed to prevent materials from rolling and causing injury to personnel again.

If a material violation of occupational safety and health regulations occurs in the future, the Company will continue to review each penalty case and propose corrective measures, progressively improve personnel safety awareness, enable timely monitoring and control of machinery and equipment conditions, and further optimize the occupational safety and health management system.

Note:

The Company determines major violation incidents based on the following standards:

1.      Whether the severity of the incident has a material impact on the Company's operations, financial condition, reputation, or the environment.

2.      Whether the amount of the fine reached or exceeded NTD 100,000.

ž   Labor Workplace Environmental Monitoring

ž   In accordance with the “Occupational Safety and Health Act” and the “Implementation Rules for Worker Environment Monitoring”, the “Workplace Environmental Monitoring Implementation Procedures” have been established. CT engages qualified environmental monitoring agencies to conduct regular workplace environmental monitoring and assess whether the measurement results comply with legal requirements. If any abnormalities are identified, engineering improvements and corrective actions are promptly implemented to safeguard employee health. CT has set up mechanisms to monitor all areas and personnel, and executes monitoring according to the plan once every six months  for 5 items: dust, noise, organic solvents, carbon dioxide and illuminance.

Occupational Health and Safety Education and Training

Enhancing employee attitudes, awareness, and capabilities regarding environmental safety and health, with a total of 310 hours of occupational safety education and training, is CT’s key focus of environmental safety and health education and training. The Company requires employees to participate in environmental and occupational safety orientations and fire prevention and disaster response drills, with a 100% participation rate among new employees, in order to strengthen safety awareness and fulfill corporate social responsibility.

Upon onboarding, each employee is issued personal protective equipment. The Company provides helmets, goggles, safety shoes and high-visibility vests, and requires every employee to wear protective equipment when entering on-site work areas and, according to different types of work, employees must wear the designated protective equipment.

To ensure that in the event of an accident the injured persons can be identified, their families contacted, and their blood type determined as quickly as possible, the Company affixes each employee’s name, emergency contact information, and blood type to their reflective vest, thereby enabling the crucial window for treatment and securing measures to best protect employees.

Occupational Injury Statistics

In 2025, no employee fatalities occurred. Statistics for full-time and contract employees showed 41 minor occupational injuries. These incidents were attributed to poor visibility in the workplace, failure to wear safety goggles leading to foreign objects entering the eyes, or improper machinery operation. For the units involved and their on-site staff, the Company strengthened awareness and training, implemented near-miss incident reporting and management, and enhanced 6S self-management improvements to improve overall occupational safety quality.

In addition, through robust systems such as workplace environmental monitoring, special health examinations and management, hazard education and training, and the use and inspection of environmental hygiene protective equipment, the risk of personnel exposure to health hazards has been greatly reduced, minimizing the likelihood of occupational diseases. In the past five years, there have been no cases of occupational diseases among employees.

In recent years, occupational accidents at CT have mostly involved minor injuries, and the main causes of these injuries are a lack of safety awareness and insufficient training. Current improvement measures include implementing comprehensive safety education and training sessions, reviewing similar hazard points, strengthening the promotion of personnel safety awareness, and continuously monitoring safety performance to ensure a reduction in the incidence of occupational accidents.

※The occupational accidents in the above table exclude traffic accidents occurring during commuting

※Contract employees are contractors, subcontractors, etc.

Note:

1. Disability injury frequency rate (FR) = number of disabling injuries × 1,000,000 / total working hours

2. Disabling injury severity rate (SR) = total lost days due to disabling injuries × 1,000,000 / total working hours

3. Frequency Severity Indicator (FSI) = √((SR × FR) / 1000)

4. Occupational injury fatality rate = (number of fatalities caused by occupational injuries / total working hours) × 200,000

5. Serious occupational injury rate = (number of serious occupational injuries (excluding fatalities) / total working hours) × 200,000

＊Definition of serious occupational injury: Refers to an injury in which a worker is unable or has difficulty recovering to their pre-injury health status within six months

6. Total recordable incident rate (TRIR) = (number of recordable occupational injuries × 200,000 / total working hours)

7. Near‑miss frequency rate (NMFR) = (number of near‑miss incidents × 200,000 / total working hours)

Prevention of Unlawful Workplace Infringements

CT strictly complies with local government labor laws and international standards, and implements related internal regulations. To prevent employees from suffering physical or mental harm due to unlawful infringements by the employer, supervisors, colleagues, service recipients or other third parties at the workplace while performing their duties, CT, in accordance with Article 6, Paragraph 2 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Article 11 of its Enforcement Rules, has established the “Guidelines for Preventing Unlawful Workplace Infringements during Duty Performance,” and provides grievance channels such as email, suggestion boxes and telephone lines to safeguard employee physical and mental health.

ž   Hazard Identification and Risk Control

In 2025, there were 1 cases of unlawful workplace infringements during duty performance. A task force was established to investigate and resolve them, and an internal review and improvement were carried out. Preventive awareness campaigns and education and training were enhanced to improve employee hazard identification capabilities and reduce potential occupational accident risks.

2025 Prevention of Occupational Unlawful Infringements:

ž   Control and Prevention of Abnormal Conditions

According to the guidelines of the Abnormal Workload Prevention Plan and the Prevention of Unlawful Workplace Infringement Plan, a questionnaire survey is conducted each year using online and paper formats. The questionnaires include an overload assessment, a burnout inventory, a brief health scale, a risk assessment for unlawful workplace infringement during duty performance, and a violence hazard and risk assessment. High‑risk individuals are identified and interviewed by on‑site physicians to facilitate further assistance and improvement.

The results of the abnormal workload assessment in 2025 revealed approximately 1 high-risk individual and 22 medium-risk individuals. Those requiring consultations have already completed consultations with on-site service physicians, while the remainder received health guidance from occupational health service nurses via telephone or printed materials.

ž   Occupational Disease Prevention

The Company has the responsibility and obligation to prevent diseases arising from various work‑related causes and to implement measures to protect workers against conditions detrimental to health. For CT, health hazards such as high temperatures, noise, and dust are inevitable in the production processes of traditional industries. The Company controls these environmental hazards and monitors personnel health through workplace environmental monitoring and special operations health examinations. In addition, through hazard prevention education and training, the wearing and inspection of protective equipment, and other measures, the risk of personnel exposure to health hazards has been greatly reduced, minimizing the likelihood of occupational diseases.

Employee Health Care and Promotion

To safeguard workers’ occupational health and safety, provide comprehensive health care and assist employees in implementing self‑health management. The Company provides health checkups, health consultations, health promotion and other labor health services, and within the plant premises has installed eye wash solution, first aid kits, AEDs (automated external defibrillators), three-in-one oxygen cylinders and other safety equipment, and offers occupational safety and health training courses for first-aid personnel to strengthen the internal first-aid network in CT’s plant areas. Furthermore, health management is conducted through the four major plans (maternity, human factors, abnormal workload, and unlawful workplace infringement), as well as work fitness assessment surveys for middle-aged and older employees, and the Company continued to invest funds, an increase of 1.13% compared with 2024, to actively implement occupational health and safety management.

ž   General Health Checkups

CT provides employees with an annual health checkups service, with all costs borne by the Company. Health management is implemented according to checkup results, and in 2025 the number of employees receiving general health checkups was 324. For employees aged 45 and above who work night shifts, an electrocardiogram examination is additionally provided to offer more comprehensive protection.

ž   Special Operations Inspection

According to the plan, special health examinations are conducted annually for personnel in special operations locations, with examination items including specific noise and dust exposures, among others.

In 2025, the total number of special health checkups conducted for personnel in special operations locations was 223.

The Health Management Section, based on the annual employee health examination results, implements graded health management measures and provides consultations, referrals, and continuous follow‑up services, reminds employees to track and address abnormal findings, and engages various experts to evaluate employee health examination and workplace environmental measurement data in order to identify hazard factors and propose preventive education and training programs.

ž   Health and Safety Education and Training

Each year, 1 AED and CPR training sessions are held, with a total of 70 participants. In addition, refresher training is provided for 3 first responders, exceeding regulatory requirements. To enhance employee emergency response capabilities in the event of an accident and in response to client audit recommendations, over 70% of the Company’s employees have received CPR and AED training, with certificates issued by the Taoyuan City health authority. The course content includes locations of first aid facilities, the contents and use of first aid kits, relevant laws, CPR, AED operation, emergency treatment of common injuries, emergency response and notification procedures, and precautions.

ž   Medical Services

Each month, CT arranges for a specialist in occupational medicine to serve as the on-site company physician at the plant, providing health guidance and consultations. The Company is highly attentive to employees’ physical and mental health, and if employees have any health or physiological concerns (such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, or hyperlipidemia), they may go to the conference room for consultation. In 2025, a total of 30 consultations mainly recommended improvements through dietary adjustments, lifestyle habits, recommended follow-up with medical specialists, or self-initiated medical follow-up.

Health Promotion Plan

Every day, various health topics are promoted through email, posters, and messaging apps, with content such as prevention of hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia, body fat control, prevention of musculoskeletal soreness and pain, and other practical and interesting health information close to daily life, as well as health information on prevention of infectious diseases, enabling the Company's employees to better understand self-health management methods, prevent diseases, and curb the spread of epidemics. The promotional materials include versions in multiple languages so that teachers and migrant workers from various countries can fully understand the content. At the same time, related notices are also posted in on-site work areas to ensure effective implementation of the promotion.

ž   Plan for Organizing Health Seminars in 2025

Each year, thematic health education activities are held occasionally to enhance employee health awareness and guide their health behaviors and provide them with relevant and accurate health knowledge. In 2025, a total of 10 health promotion activities were conducted, with participation totaling 362, representing a substantial increase compared to the previous year.