Archives: Incidents
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Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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28/02/2015 - 01/02/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Violations encountered at factory (5.000 workers) producing phones and tablets; over 10-hour dauly shifts; illegal overtime; denial of one rest day per week; violations of ergonomic standards precarious to workers. | Manaus, Brazil | Good Electronics | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard | |
29/07/2013 - 01/03/2013 | RiTeng Computer Accessory Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary of Pegatron Group) (Supplier Of Apple) | Labor violations at factory producing exterior components for computers: hiring discrimination over gender and age (below 35 years old); inadequate training; work 7 days/week during peak season (126 hours of monthly overtime); 14 hour monthly unpaid overtime; 12 hour daily shifts; more if daily quota isn't met; coerced overtime; work while standing for some workers; inadequate fire protection; 40 confirmed student workers (16 - 18 years old); base salary inadequate to cover basic needs ($233 month) ($1.34 per hour); workers dependent on overtime; workers trained by management during audit visits; wastewater poured into the sewage system. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Unpaid Overtime | |
30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of Izumifuhaku) | Labor violations at garment factory (1,000 workers): non-living wages; daily base wage 2,000-3,600 kyat (€1.51 - €2.71); occasions of workers toiling for less than legal minimum wage; cases of child labor (below 18 years of age); some workers were younger than 15 years old when they started at the factory; workers have not received health and safety training; inadequate protective masks; workers breathing in fabric complain over respiratory problems, coughs and sore throats; electrical and wire shocks; boiler accidents resulting to injury; about half the workforce does not receive social security. | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
15/06/2017 | (Samsung) (LG) (SK Hynix) | Study of 38,000 female medical records (between 2007-2012) working in three companies producing microchips found significantly elevated miscarriage rates most likely caused by factory use of highly toxic substances - ethylene glycol ethers - throughout the 1990s and 2000s. | South Korea | Bloomberg | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
17/02/2016 - 01/01/2015 | (Supplier Of LG) (Supplier Of Samsung) | Report exposes occupational hazard and other violations at factories manufacturing cell phone parts: use of toxic substance methanol; inadequate health and safety training on the dangers of methanol; personal protective equipment not provided which led to exposure to workers' eyes, skin and respiratory system; at least 6 workers developed acute methanol poisoning; eye sight loss and brain damage; 12 hour daily shifts; in busy season take a day-off/month; temporary workers often not registered for social insurance. | South Korea | Solidarity for Worker's Health, Korean Lawyers for Public Interest and Human Rights, Korean House for International Solidarity | Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
08/02/2017 | Samsung | Samsung battery factory producing the explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 catches fire at waste depository. | Tianjin, China | Bloomberg | Occupational Hazard | |
15/06/2017 | SK Hynix | Research extract of two factory plants in 2015 found usage of 130 chemical products deemed dangerous, containing carcinogens, mutagens, and reproductive toxins. | South Korea | Bloomberg | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of Muji) (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) | Labor violations at garment factory (1,500 workers): non-living wages; daily base wage 1,800-3,600 kyat (€1.36 - €2.71); occasions of workers toiling for as low as half the legal minimum wage; regular work over 60 hours/week; at times as many as 66 hours/week; as many as 14 hours/day for 6-7 times/month; forced overtime; cases of child labor (below 18 years of age); labor aged as low as 14 years; some workers were younger than 15 years old when they started at the factory; safety issues; electrical and wire shocks. | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) (Supplier Of C&A) | Labor concerns at garment factory (300 workers): non-living wages; daily base wage 3,600 kyat (€2.71); regular work 60 -68 hours/week; unpaid overtime if production target isn't met; child labor (16-18 years of age); workers do not receive any health and safety training; protective gear provided only when buyers visit the factory; high temperatures; most workers don't have a social security card; workers afraid of dismissal if they join a trade union. | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Overtime | |
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 |