Incident Tag: Occupational Hazard

Lack of necessary safety equipment

China Labor Watch – 20/11/2015

“A contracted toy company producing for McDonald’s employed 400 child workers, who were required to work 16 hours per day and paid 1.5 yuan per hour. The youngest worker was only 14 years old.”

BBC – 18/Dec/2014

Adult and children workers digging “tin ore out by hand in extremely dangerous conditions”. “Miners can be buried alive when the walls of sand or mud collapse”

Samsung workers get blood cancer

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.

Shell fined £900,000 over deaths

2 workers dead in massive gas escape on Brent Bravo platform. Shell admitted breaching three health and safety regulations – £900.000.

Riggers sought evacuation before deadly Chevron blast

‘KS Endeavor’ jackup rig explodes while drilling an exploration well for Chevron; 2 workers dead; Reuters news report alleges worker evacuation requests were ignored by Chevron; witness alleges Chevron also ignored rig engineer advise to stop drilling and evacuate staff.