How We Organize Safety Management
Safety Management Regulations
In response to a revision of the Railway Business Act, JR East formulated its safety management regulations in October 2006. These stipulate various safety management-related matters such as the responsibilities of top management executives in ensuring the safety of operations and in organizational matters and the selection of chief safety management officer, operation managers, and train crew training managers. To ensure transportation safety, we have built a system to promote operations centered on safety management officers and involving executives responsible for safety through to frontline staff.
The Group’s Safety Promotion Structure
In 1987, we established the Railway Safety Promotion Committee, chaired
by the director general of the Railway Operations Headquarters, at head
office. This committee aims to enhance railway safety and prevent
accidents by elucidating the causes of major accidents, formulating
measures to prevent recurrence, and determining and promoting
measures for safety-related equipment and rolling stock. We currently
have a Mobility Safety Promotion Committee at the head office and
Regional Safety Promotion Committees at each regional headquarters to
help improve railway safety and prevent accidents.
In addition, in line with our dual-axis management, we have established
the Lifestyle Solutions Safety Promotion Committee, and promote the
initiatives of both Mobility and Lifestyle Solutions through the Group
Safety Promotion Committee.
Overview of the operational structure for ensuring transport safety
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