| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/02/2017 | (Supplier Of Apple) | Investigation has found wretched working conditions in unregulated artisanal mines where cobalt is extracted for smartphones: abundant child labor; as young as four years old working; 12-hour daily shifts; workers earning as little as 8p a day; desperately dangerous conditions; exposure to cobalt and dust fumes; mine tunnels are dug by hand by miners who have no protective equipment; recent death reported due to mine collapse. | Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sky News | Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 07/08/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Female worker found lying dead on the ground outside Foxconn's Zaofu factory. | Zhengzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths | |
| 04/08/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Male worker at Foxconn factory jumped from building to his death. | Zhengzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 03/02/2015 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker (26 years old) dies after working 84 hours/week, family claims;12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week. | Shanghai, China | Daily Mail | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 09/12/2013 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Child worker (15 years old), among other sudden deaths of workers at Pegatron factory primarily making iPhone 5s and tablet PCs. Pegatron never carried out in-depth investigations into the causes of death after the incidents occurred. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Negligence | |
| 14/05/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 30-year old male worker jumps off roof to his death. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 27/03/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 23-year old female worker jumps off 12th floor to her death. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 24/03/2013 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 24-year old male worker jumps off Yukang dormitory building to his death. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 14/06/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker jumps to his death from his apartment building. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 12/10/2011 | Flextronics Ltd., Co. (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker jumps to death from 16th floor of dormitory building. | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, 591hx | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 29/07/2011 | Flextronics Ltd., Co. (Supplier Of Apple) | Female worker (18 years old) commits suicide at dormitory building by taking pesticide dichlorvos. | Ghanzhou, Jiangxi, China | China Labor Watch, News CNTV | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 20/05/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 3 dead and 16 injured at polishing workshop from explosion of combustible dust in a duct, initial findings suggest. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | The Wall Street Journal | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 13/01/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Factory engineer (25 years old) jumped of building last week. Before her death an incident occurred of factory officials rebuking her, and telling her she would lose her job. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Deaths, Suicides | |
| 04/08/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 22-year-old female worker at electronics components factory found dead after falling from a high building. | Jiangsu, China | BBC | Deaths | |
| 27/05/2010 - 01/01/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 13 suicides from the beginning of the year have been recorded at digital products factory (~820,000 workers); 10 deaths; 3 failed attempts. Many workers suffer from excessive stress and exhaustion, caused by military-style rigor, repetitive work and long hours over the legal minimum. Worker wages (900 RMB per month) is deemed insufficient to cover basic living expenses in their home city, and thus workers have no choice but to work massive amounts of overtime. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 27/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Factory employee (Yan Li) 27 years old dies suddenly at his home. His family and colleagues suspect he died from exhaustion; Li worked for almost 35 hours non-stop a couple of days before. | Hongzhun, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, Global Times | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 27/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Employee (25 years of age) attempted to kill himself by cutting his wrists, but survived after medical attention. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Times, BBC, China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 26/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 23-year-old factory worker dies by jumping from 7th floor dormitory balcony. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC, China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 25/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Li Hai, a young factory worker (19 years of age) found dead after jumping from dormitory building. | Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Telegraph | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 21/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 21-year-old employee at electronics manufacturer jumped from building to his death. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Financial Times | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 14/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 21-year-old Foxconn employee jumps from 7th floor dormitory building to his death. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Global Times | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 23/01/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 19 year-old worker (Ma Xiangqian) at factory producing electronics leaped from high floor to his death. The month before his death he worked 286 hours (including 112 hours overtime, three times the legal limit), and got paid ~$1 per hour. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The New York Times | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 18/06/2007 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 19-year-old Foxconn employee hangs himself in company bathroom. | China | Project Gutenberg | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 01/02/2007 | Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Supplier Of Apple) | Labor concerns at factory (about 12,000 employees) manufacturing electronic components: contract workers discriminated vis-à-vis regular workers; wages not sufficient to cover living expenditures; LCD workers solder lead and inhale the smoke; accident reported in 2001 were 6 people died after building collapse. | Thailand | SOMO | Deaths, Discrimination, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard |
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