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• Meet or exceed the regulations on occupational safety and health of the place of operation and comply with ISO 45001 and relevant international standards, aiming for zero incident. The company is committed to steady development while making safety a priority.

• Set up prioritization and action plans, continue to promote safety and health management system and risk improvement processes to achieve and maintain world -class safety/health and risk management performance.

• Use advanced safety and health technologies as well as risk and disaster rescue techniques to actively enhance all safety aspects in a pioneering manner.

• Implement due diligence to ensure the safety of the work environment and operations, maintaining the physical and mental health of employees, contractors, customers as well as partners in the operation of the enterprise.

• Through communication, consultation and participation in decision-making with staff or their representatives, make it a responsibility for personnel of all levels to exercise influence, eliminate hazard factors, prevent occurrence of accidents and work-related illnesses, and promote effective safety and health interactions through cooperation and sharing.

• Continue conducting safety and health education and advocacy; encourage active participation in safety and health activities, allow for health and safety to be a habit and a way of life for all workers.

UMC group has dedicated significant effort to promoting and developing its industrial safety and health activities. UMC also understands the importance of practicing and implementing industrial safety measures as a means to realize sustainable growth. As such, UMC group not only invests in preventive equipment to conform to international standards, but also trains its employees on health and safety practices and instills the values of sustainable growth. Since 2005, following the lead of UMC's chairman, UMC has promoted the "Safety is my Responsibility" program to implement self - management and safety protection activities in each division with the goal of a zero-accident rate. UMC hopes to distinguish itself as the standard for practicing industrial safety and health activities.

With the goal of zero accidents, UMC is committed to maintaining a stable growth of the Company under the priority of safety, preventing safety and health risks, avoiding major losses due to safety and health related issues, so the Company's competitiveness can be ensured.
The occupational safety and health management framework of UMC Group follows the management principles of ISO 45001 and is built on the "Plan-Do-Check-Act" framework. All fabs of UMC Group have ISO 45001 certificates, and UMC Taiwan fabs have passed Taiwan’s occupational safety and health management system (TOSHMS) certification. The validity of the UMC ISO 45001 certificate is until November 15, 2025. The ISO 45001 certificate information of UMC Group can be found at the following website.
https://www.umc.com/zh-TW/Download/awards_and_certificates.

UMC continues to promote various safety and hygiene management programs to prevent injuries and accidents during manufacturing processes and daily activities. Through periodical update, safety performance indicators can be used as the basis for continually achieving excellent safety performance.

UMC cares about labor safety and hygiene, and uses computerized system for reporting and investigation of accidents/incidents. Accidents/incidents are reviewed monthly for root causes and preventive actions. There was no major accidents in 2024. The disabling frequency rate (FR) and the disabling severity rate (SR) were 0.18 and 2 respectively in 2024, and both were far below the average rate in Taiwan semiconductor industries.

FR = (Number of Lost time cases ÷ Number of hours worked by all employees) × 1,000,000

SR = (Number of lost workdays ÷ Number of hours worked by all employees) × 1,000,000