Workplace reviews and discussion: 陽鼎實業股份有限公司

1 New Taipei City 109/10/21 109/07/30 New Taipei City Government Labor Inspection Department Letter No. 10947858511

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd./Chen Yaoqian Labor Standards Act, Article 32, Paragraph 2 Working hours extended beyond the statutory limit

2 New Taipei City 109/10/21 109/07/30 New Taipei City Government Labor Inspection Department Letter No. 1094785851

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd./Chen Yaoqian Labor Standards Act, Article 24 Failure to pay the statutory wage increase for extended working hours

3 New Taipei City 108/10/31 107/08/23 New Taipei City Government Labor Inspection Department Letter No. 1073578361

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd. Labor Standards Act, Article 22, Paragraph 2 Wages not paid directly and in full to workers

4 New Taipei City 107/10/15 107/08/23 New Taipei City Government Labor Inspection Department Letter No. 10735783611

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd. Labor Standards Act, Article 23, Paragraph 1 Wages not paid to workers on a regular basis

1 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 112/06/08 112/03/20 Ministry of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Letter No. 1120201583

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd. (Chen Yaoqian) Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the Safety Standards for Machinery, Equipment and Tools, together with Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act The punching and shearing machinery provided for workers' use (punch presses and folding machines) was not equipped with at least one of the following safety devices: a sensing type, interlocking protective type, two-hand operation type, sensing type, pull-out type, or sweep-away type safety device.

2 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 111/07/04 111/04/20 Ministry of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Letter No. 1110202132

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd. (Chen Yaoqian) Articles 93 and 95 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules, together with Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act The entrance to the freight elevator installed inside the plant was not equipped with a door or a safety interlocking device. As a result, the elevator could operate when any door at the lifting cage or hoistway entrance was open, and it could not stop moving up or down when any door was opened during operation. In addition, when the cage floor differed from the floor slab by 7.5 cm or more, the elevator entrance door could be opened.

3 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 110/05/06 110/02/04 Ministry of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Letter No. 1100200617

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd. Articles 93, 95, and 250 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules; Article 4, Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Safety Standards for Machinery, Equipment and Tools, together with Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act At each floor entrance to the elevator hoistway, doors of solid and smooth construction had not been installed, and no safety device had been provided to prevent the elevator from operating when any door at the lifting cage or hoistway entrance was open, or to stop upward or downward movement when any door was opened while the elevator was operating. The doors at each floor entrance to the elevator hoistway lacked an interlocking device to prevent them from opening when the difference between the cage floor and the floor slab was 7.5 cm or more. The AC welding machines used by workers in confined spaces containing equipment with good electrical conductivity, or in locations such as steel frames where they might come into contact with highly conductive grounded objects, lacked automatic electric-shock prevention devices. For power-driven punching and shearing machinery where installing safety fences or similar devices was difficult due to the nature of the work, at least one of the prescribed safety devices had not been installed. The prime movers, gears, shafts, transmission wheels, transmission belts, and other components of the punching and shearing machinery that could pose a hazard were not equipped with suitable protective devices, such as guards, enclosures, casings, fences, protective nets, shields, or other devices to prevent contact with hazardous points.

4 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 107/11/08 107/08/23 Ministry of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Letter No. 1070203944

Yang Ding Industrial Co., Ltd. Article 277, Paragraph 2 and Article 287 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules, together with Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Workers performing welding operations wore only ordinary disposable medical masks and were not provided with respiratory protective equipment selected for effective filtration of welding fumes and particulates.

Workers performing toluene coating operations in indoor workplaces were not required to properly wear respiratory protective equipment.