Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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15/06/2017 | (Samsung) | Study of 38,000 female medical records (between 2007-2012) working in three companies producing microchips found significantly elevated miscarriage rates most likely caused by factory use of highly toxic substances - ethylene glycol ethers - throughout the 1990s and 2000s. | South Korea | Bloomberg | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
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 | |
17/02/2016 - 01/01/2015 | (Supplier Of Samsung) | Report exposes occupational hazard and other violations at factories manufacturing cell phone parts: use of toxic substance methanol; inadequate health and safety training on the dangers of methanol; personal protective equipment not provided which led to exposure to workers' eyes, skin and respiratory system; at least 6 workers developed acute methanol poisoning; eye sight loss and brain damage; 12 hour daily shifts; in busy season take a day-off/month; temporary workers often not registered for social insurance. | South Korea | Solidarity for Worker's Health, Korean Lawyers for Public Interest and Human Rights, Korean House for International Solidarity | Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
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 | |
10/01/2014 | Samsung | Workers riot at Samsung factory, after late-arriving worker is beaten by security guards. | Thai Nguyen, Vietnam | Business Insider | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Injuries & Diseases | |
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 | |
31/07/2012 - 01/06/2012 | HEG Technology Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Samsung) | Violations at factory (2.000 employees) producing mobile phones, mp3s, DVDs, etc:Research indicates student workers amount to 80% of the factory workforce; approximately 50-100 children working; youngest worker spotted was 14 years old; low wages for children, 70% less than formal employees; discrimination based on sex and age; 11 hours daily work shifts (including 3-5 hours of forced overtime). | Huizhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
31/12/2008 - 01/01/2002 | Samsung | Employee working for five years and seven months (between 2002-2008) in a Samsung Display LCD factory diagnosed with leukemia, contracted by exposure to carcinogens and other harmful substances with inadequate protective gear, Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL) says. | South Korea | The Hankyoreh | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
01/02/2007 | Shenzhen Yonghong (Supplier Of Samsung) | Labor violations at electronics manufacturer: over 200 children workers hired under the age of 16; required to work 1.5 hours daily without pay; normal work 13 hours/day for 30 days (390 hours/month); more than 400 hours/month during peak seasons, 60 of those without pay; no gloves, masks and proper ergonomics in workplace; hand, eye and other bodily injuries. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages |