Occupational health management: _China Hongqiao

China Hongqiao Group Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s largest aluminum producer covering the entire aluminum industry chain. It is specialized in thermoelectric, mining, and producing aluminum products, holding sustainability and social welfare at its core.

China Hongqiao is one of the world’s largest aluminum producer with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tonnes per year. Innovation-centered and quality-focused, it has a diverse product portfolio that covers the aluminum industry chain and extends into the energy sector.

As one of the largest aluminum producers in the world, China Hongqiao holds its core value of “from society and for society” and keeps committed to social welfare and environmental protection.

China Hongqiao is one of the world’s largest aluminum producers. It was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2011 and it was included as constituent stock by Heng Seng Index Co., Ltd. in 2022. By the end of 2022, its total assets reached RMB 200.34 billion and the number of its employees exceeded 40,000.

It had subsidiaries include Shandong Hongqiao New Material Co., Ltd, Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum and Electricity Co., Ltd, Shandong Hongtuo Industrial Co., Ltd, Yunnan Hongqiao New Energy Co., Ltd, Shandong Hongchuang Aluminum Industry Holding Co., Ltd, and Indonesia PT. Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery. which make China Hongqiao one of largest aluminum manufacturer and one of the leading aluminum product manufacturers in the globe.

China Hongqiao employs more than 43,000 workers in its 11 production bases in China and overseas. Hongqiao is dedicated to providing a healthy, safe and comfortable working environment and diverse opportunities.

China Hongqiao Group Co., Ltd. was founded in Cayman Islands and listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2011. By the end of 2018, it has a total assets of 176.7 billion yuan and more than 40000 employees. It is a large-scale enterprise integrating thermoelectricity

China Hongqiao abides by relevant Chinese laws, including the Production Safety Law, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Treatment of Occupational Diseases, and the Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Occupational Health at Work Sites. Hongqiao vows to guarantee the occupational health of its employees with extensive measures, such as warning and informing staff about occupational diseases, their hazards and prevention measures, maintaining protective equipment and facilities, monitoring and evaluating potential risks, timely reporting dangerous accidents, and carrying out the emergency rescue. Hongqiao provides its employees with a full range of professional protection equipment. That includes safety helmets, protective glasses, earplugs, heat-proof labor protection shoes, insulating shoes and gloves, acid-proof and alkali resistant gloves, dustproof masks and gas masks. It also monitors closely whether employees are wearing those gears and if the equipment operates effectively.

To better identify and control the sources of various pollutions – air pollutants, dust, noise, and radiation – which are often the origin of occupational disease, Hongqiao authorized qualified vocational health service agencies to perform regular tests. The human resource department of the company pays close attention to new employees and those exposed to inductive factors of occupational disease. It arranges pre-job and on-job occupational health examinations, establishes health records and regularly monitors their health status, and provides off-job vocational health examinations for employees when they leave their posts.

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