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The 12th Occupational Safety Health Program To realize a society where safety and health are ensured for every worker. February 25, 2013 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Contents Introduction 1 1. Aim of the Program 1 (1) Society targeted by the Program 1 (2) Goals of the Program 1 (3) Evaluation and review of the Program 1 2. Social change and the direction of measures for safety and health 2 (1) Increased number of tertiary industry workers and change in occupational accidents 2 (2) Impact of Lehmans fall and the Great East Japan Earthquake 3 (3) Increased number of non-regular employees and more outsourcing 4 (4) Impact of a dwindling birthrate and aging population 6 (5) Ideal regulations responding to technological innovation 7 (6) Change in the environment that surrounds the government 7 (7) Measures for safety and health open to society 7 3. Priority measures 7 (1) Prioritize measures in response to changes in the tendency of occupational accidents and the onset of occupational diseases. 7 (2) Make efforts to prevent occupational accidents in collaboration with the government, occupational accident prevention organizations, and industrial groups. 7 (3) Promote reforms of safety and health awareness in society, companies and workers. 7 (4) Promote measures based on scientific grounds and international trends. 8 (5) Enhance the efforts made by clients, manufacturers, and the managers of facilities. 8 (6) Take necessary measures in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant 8 4. Specific efforts by priority measures 8 (1) Prioritize measures in response to changes in the tendency of occupational