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Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
02/02/2016Matrix Sweaters
(Supplier Of Walmart)
Inadequate safety precautions lead to a fire break-out, with some reported injuries.Gazipur, Dhaka Division, BangladeshILRF, CCC, MSN, WRCInjuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard
09/10/2013Aswad Composite Mills
(Supplier Of Walmart)
Garment factory catches fire; 10 workers dead; over 50 injured.Gazipur, Dhaka Division, BangladeshInstitute for Global Labour and Human RightsDeaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard
24/11/2012Tazreen Fashions
(Supplier Of Walmart)
112 workers dead, and many more injured in deadly fire break out. Survivors were forced to jump off fifth floor windows to escape the fire.Ashulia, Dhaka Division, BangladeshClean Clothes Campaign, Al JazeeraDeaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard
11/07/2008
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22/05/2008
Dongguan Daxing Decoration Ltd.
(Supplier Of Walmart)
Exhausting working conditions for factory workers (~1,800) producing candles and Christmas lights; at least 13-hour shifts, 7 days/week; twice a month 24-hour shifts are required; if refused overtime, factory deducts 3 days' worth of wages; factory trains workers to cheat clients.    Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard
21/12/2005Tsun Tat Toy Company Ltd
(Supplier Of Walmart)
Workers forced to work 15 to 19.5 hours a day, seven days/week making plastic toys for 43 cents an hour. Repetitive work - one operation every three seconds - leaves them with blistered and bleeding hands and fingers.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor Watch, National Labor Committee Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime