Inadequate safety precautions lead to a fire break-out, with some reported injuries.
Incident Tag: Occupational Hazard
Lack of necessary safety equipment
European garment workers face forced overtime and poverty wages (Poland)
“Excessively low wages, health hazards, poor legal protection in case of illness and the fact that the rights to holiday leave are rarely exercised.”
Evaluation of H&M Compliance with Corrective Action Plans for Strategic Suppliers in Bangladesh
A total of 518 violations of structural safety requirements, 836 fire safety violations and 650 electrical safety violations, an average of 62 safety violations per factory were uncovered in 32 factories H&M described as its most important, closest and most ethical business partners.
Ongoing Safety Delays at H&M Suppliers in Bangladesh
205 H & M factory suppliers considered under-equipped and exposed to fire hazard.
Another Fire in Bangladesh: Seven Women Killed at Smart Fashion, Saturday Jan 26
7 women killed in factory fire, including 3 children.
CBS News goes undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factory
Child labor – workers as young as 12 years old, abusive management, unpaid wages and fire hazards in clothing factory.
Bangladesh: Another Deadly Garment Fire Kills 10, Injures Over 50
Garment factory catches fire; 10 workers dead; over 50 injured.
Wal-Mart and Disney Toys from Hell
Work hours reaching 15,5 hours not including the two meal breaks, 6 ½ hours of overtime daily, 7 days/week at peak seasons, and Lack of fire protection. “It’s very unsafe. If there was an emergency, people could not get out!”
Gap and Old Navy in Bangladesh: cheating the poorest workers in the world
14- to – 23 hour shifts, 7 days/week, reaching to massive 210 hours of overtime, even for pregnant women; extreme work hours; beatings; humiliation; death threats; starvation wages (20 to 24 cents per hour); workers visibly sick, exhausted and dazed.
Exhaustion Has No Limit at Apple Supplier in China
Incidents of over 100 security guards harassing and beatings at factory (15,000 workers). Workers toil for 64 to 72 hours/week; with low wages; workers are numb and exhausted. “We are just machines” – Zhen Ding Tech worker