Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2011 | Flextronics Ltd., Co. (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker jumps to death from 16th floor of dormitory building. | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, 591hx | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 01/02/2017 | House Technology Industries, Ltd. | Fire breaks out at factory after mechanical accident; 5 reported deaths; 126 workers injured. | General Trias, Cavite, Philippines | Rappler, CNN Philippines | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 27/02/2017 | (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt) | Investigation has found wretched working conditions in unregulated artisanal mines where cobalt is extracted for smartphones: abundant child labor; as young as four years old working; 12-hour daily shifts; workers earning as little as 8p a day; desperately dangerous conditions; exposure to cobalt and dust fumes; mine tunnels are dug by hand by miners who have no protective equipment; recent death reported due to mine collapse. | Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sky News | Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/12/2012 - 01/01/1993 | Samsung | Starting from 1993, a 6-year exposure to carcinogens (formaldehyde and phenol) caused ovarian cancer to young female worker at chip factory, resulting to her death in 2012 - Seoul Administrative Court says. | South Korea | RT, Chicago Tribune | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 29/07/2011 | Flextronics Ltd., Co. (Supplier Of Apple) | Female worker (18 years old) commits suicide at dormitory building by taking pesticide dichlorvos. | Ghanzhou, Jiangxi, China | China Labor Watch, News CNTV | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 22/06/2016 | Dongguan Chenming Electronic Company Ltd (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of ASUS) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Intel Corporation) (Supplier Of HTC) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Huawei) | Worker died of heart attack which came from excessive overtime, fellow worker claims; workers had to work over a month without even a day off; they may be required to work overtime all night. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 14/06/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker jumps to his death from his apartment building. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 23/04/2016 | Zhi Ya Undergarment (Supplier Of Alibaba Group) | Child worker (14 years old) dies at home of overwork exhaustion, family claims; 11-12 hour daily shifts. | Foshan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 14/05/2011 | Xinghao Handbag factory (Supplier Of Gucci) (Supplier Of Coach) (Supplier Of Diesel) | Female factory worker (44 years old) at luxury leather handbag assembly jumps from factory's 5th floor. | Tangxiazhen, Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 03/06/2011 | Xixing Electronics (Guangzhou) Co Ltd | Worker suddenly dies in his sleep. Family members allege his death is related to many hours of forced overtime. | Luogang district, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime |