Series of explosions at BP Texas City refinery – 15 workers killed, 180 injured; reports identified numerous technical and organisational failings at the refinery and within corporate BP; criminal and civil charges – $373m.
Incident Tag: Deaths
Colombian takes BP to court in UK over alleged complicity in kidnap and torture
Alleged involvement of BP in kidnapping, murder and torture of suspected pipeline activists.
Counting the Cost: corporations and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta
Field study accuses Shell of fueling death and violence in Nigeria by paying rival militant gangs.
Shell oil paid Nigerian military to put down protests, court documents show
Released documents show Shell paid Nigerian military to stop protest movements over its pollution. Protests were violently suppressed, with reported life losses.
Shell, BASF Fined in Brazil Plant Contamination Case
BASF and Shell to pay compensation for health treatment to 1,068 former workers after prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals at pesticide plant. Labor prosecutors say chemical contamination killed 60 workers – $316 million.
Ford, IBM to face renewed U.S. lawsuit over apartheid-era abuses
Ford and IBM will again have to face a U.S. lawsuit claiming they encouraged human rights abuses such as killings and tortures in apartheid-era South Africa.
Female strike participant jumps to death after being fired
Worker jumped out of the fourth floor of a factory building to her death after being fired for participating in a strike.
75 dead, 186 injured. Tell GM to take responsibility!
75 dead, 186 injured from metallic dust explosion and ensuing fire in wheel supplying factory.
Chinese worker, 26, making Apple iPhones died after enduring 12 hour shifts, seven days a week, family claim
Worker (26 years old) dies after working 84 hours/week, family claims;12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week.
Second Death in Four-day Period at Foxconn Zhengzhou
Female worker found lying dead on the ground outside Foxconn’s Zaofu factory.