Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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27/02/2017 | (Supplier Of Samsung) | 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 | |
27/08/2014 | JCY International (Supplier Of Samsung) | Workers riot at JCY Int. factory, highlighting accusations of poor working conditions after the death of an employee. | Johor Malaysia | Reuters, Wall Street Journal | Deaths, Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
14/05/2014 | Samsung | Samsung apologizes and sets up compensatory fund for 244 employees at chip and display plants who developed cancers and rare diseases linked to hazardous conditions, of whom 87 died. | South Korea | Daily Mail | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
15/05/2013 | Samsung | Female worker at Samsung factory jumps off seventh floor to her death. | Huizhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
25/04/2013 | Samsung | Samsung admits using tin sourced from Bangka Island, where unregulated tin mining depends on child labour, wrecks the environment and kills an estimated 150 miners every year. | Bangka Island, Indonesia | The Guardian | Child Labor, Deaths, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
31/12/2012 - 01/01/1993 | Samsung | Starting from 1993, a 6-year exposure to carcinogens (formaldehyde and phenol) caused ovarian cancer to young female worker at chip factory, resulting to her death in 2012 - Seoul Administrative Court says. | South Korea | RT, Chicago Tribune | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard |