Investigation finds that South Korean authorities repeatedly allowed Samsung to block the release of information about chip workers’ exposure to chemicals and other hazards.
Incident Tag: Negligence
Bridgeport, Conn. Bulk Gasoline Storage Facility Fined for Clean Air Violations
Vapor storage tanks – controlling gasoline vapors – improperly maintained and leaking VOC-containing vapors. Fine – $75,000.
EPA Settles with Infineum on Notification Rules for New Chemicals
Use and distribution of new chemical in commercial auto products for several years before the chemical had undergone a required review. Civil penalty – $950,000.
Guam, American Samoa facilities settle risk management plan deficiencies
Companies failed to review and update risk management plans for storage of hazardous chemicals – $2,000.
Guam, American Samoa facilities settle risk management plan deficiencies
Chicken of the Sea failed to review and update risk management plans for storage of hazardous chemicals – $1,200.
U.S. EPA fines Shell Corporation $26,000 for Las Vegas pesticide violation
Shell fined for selling and distributing unregistered pesticide – $26,000.
Federal Court Sentences Motiva Enterprises to $10 Million Criminal Fine – Motiva Pleads Guilty to Negligent Endangerment and Clean Water Act Violations
Leaking and corroded tank -unfit for use – explodes; one worker killed, many others injured; approximately 99,000 gallons of spent sulfuric acid spilled into Delaware river for days; thousands of dead fish and crabs; sulfuric acid released into the air. Criminal fines – $10 million.
Olympic/ Shell Settle with U.S. and State of Washington for $92 Million in Connection with Fatal Pipeline Rupture — Settlement includes $77 million in state-of-the-art spill prevention work in nine states
Ill-maintained pipeline ruptures and releases over 230,000 gallons of gasoline and ignites – 3 people killed, including two ten-year-old boys; over 9 injured; home destroyed; resulting fire killed over 100,000 fish and other aquatic organisms; massive environmental damage on creeks and soil. Civil and criminal penalties on Shell and Olympic – $92 million.
Oil ‘time-bomb’ in Nigeria
Oil spill in Ogoniland – Shell says 14 of its abandoned oil wells in Nigeria could abruptly blow up.
Shell called negligent in Brazil toxic waste case
Unacceptable levels of at least one metal or pesticide were found in 156 out of an 181 resident sample’s bloodstream living near Shell factory caused by over 20 year pesticide exposure; 88 suffer chronic contamination; 59 suffered from thyroid or liver tumors – says state’s health watchdog.