Formosa Plastics Introduces AI-Powered Smart Safety System to Establish New Digital Safety Management Model

(Central News Agency reporter Chiang Yi-ching, Yunlin County, August 12) Formosa Plastics Group's Mailiao Industrial Park has introduced an AI-powered smart safety system. Currently, approximately 2,600 daily work safety permits are completed via mobile devices, enabling supervisors to conduct real-time online audits, improving management efficiency and strengthening operational safety quality, advancing steadily toward the goal of zero occupational injuries and zero accidents.

Formosa Plastics Group held the '2026 Safety Culture Outstanding Department Awards Ceremony' today at its Mailiao Industrial Park in Yunlin County, recognizing factories and departments that demonstrated excellence over the past year in leak prevention and improvement, risk assessment and control, fire safety management, emergency response, and safety culture promotion. A total of 32 outstanding departments received awards. The ceremony was hosted by Ming-Jen Tsou, General Manager of Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, and attended by Yunlin County Magistrate Chang Li-shan.

Tsou stated that since 2010, Formosa Plastics has fully implemented the 14 elements of Process Safety Management, completing revisions to 116 sets of management regulations and establishing a centralized safety management organization covering all organizational levels. Through institutionalization, standardization, and continuous improvement mechanisms, the company has comprehensively implemented risk management, self-audits, and equipment integrity management, building a robust safety management system.

Tsou noted that in recent years, Formosa Plastics' safety management philosophy has gradually shifted from traditional 'disaster response' to 'disaster prevention.' The company has actively introduced alternative work methods such as unmanned tank cleaning, off-site prefabricated piping, spark-free tools, and water-jet cutting to reduce high-risk operations and personnel exposure to hazards at the source. Over the past three years, the company's injury frequency rate, injury severity rate, and overall injury index have all remained significantly below the national average for the manufacturing sector.

Tsou further highlighted that in response to the trends of AI and digital transformation, Formosa Plastics has introduced a 'Work Safety Permit App.' Currently, approximately 2,600 daily work safety permits are completed via mobile devices, with photo documentation required for high-risk operations. Supervisors can conduct real-time online audits, enhancing not only management efficiency but also the quality of operational safety.

Formosa Plastics explained that its AI-powered smart safety project covers applications including protective equipment identification, fire warning systems, collision avoidance alerts, identification of unsafe human behaviors, personnel positioning, and equipment anomaly monitoring. The company is gradually transitioning from traditional manual inspections and post-incident improvements to a new safety management model based on real-time monitoring, intelligent early warnings, and source-level prevention. (Editor: Chen Ching-fang) 1150812