Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/04/2006 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Inspection of refinery results in 32 per-instance willful citations - $2.4 million fine | Oregon, Ohio | US Department of Labor | Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
| 12/08/2010 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Failure to correct 270 violations after 2005 Texas City explosion -$50.6 million; $30m still contested for 439 "new wilful violations" | Texas City, TX, United States | US Department of Labor, BBC | Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
| 23/03/2005 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Series of explosions at BP Texas City refinery - 15 workers killed, 180 injured; reports identified numerous technical and organisational failings at the refinery and within corporate BP; criminal and civil charges - $373m. | Texas City, TX | CSB | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 11/12/2005 | (TOTAL) (British Pipeline Agency) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (TAV Engineering) (Motherwell Control Systems) (Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd) | Massive explosion at oil depot measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale injures 43 people, destroys homes and businesses and with yet unknown environmental damage that could last for decades. Firms involved fined almost 10£ million. | Buncefield Terminal, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom | BBC | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
| 15/01/2016 | TOFCO (Supplier Of BP (Beyond Petroleum)) | Workers protest over health and safety issues during construction of BP's platform. | Trinidad and Tobago | Newsday | Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/08/2015 | Kunshan Metal Products Co., Ltd (Supplier Of General Motors) | 75 dead, 186 injured from metallic dust explosion and ensuing fire in wheel supplying factory. | Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 14/05/2015 | Hangzhou Ligao Travel Products (League) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Samsonite) | 34-year old worker poisoned by n-hexane chemical at factory producing computer cases, luggage, and other bags. The worker toiled for over 60 hours/week. | China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 24/11/2012 | Tazreen Fashions (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Disney) (Part Of Tuba Group) (Supplier Of C&A) (Supplier Of Fishman & Tobin / Li & Fung) (Supplier Of Karl Rieker) (Supplier Of El Corte Ingles) (Supplier Of Teddy Smith) (Supplier Of Dickie’s) (Supplier Of Enyce) (Supplier Of DELTA APPAREL) (Supplier Of Sears) (Supplier Of Edinburgh Woolen Mill) (Supplier Of Piazza Italia) (Supplier Of Simco) (Supplier Of Success Apparel) | 112 workers dead, and many more injured in deadly fire break out. Survivors were forced to jump off fifth floor windows to escape the fire. | Ashulia, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | Clean Clothes Campaign, Al Jazeera | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 02/02/2016 | Matrix Sweaters (Supplier Of Inditex) (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) (Supplier Of J.C. Penney) (Supplier Of Marks & Spencer) (Supplier Of Esprit) (Supplier Of S.Oliver) | Inadequate safety precautions lead to a fire break-out, with some reported injuries. | Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | ILRF, CCC, MSN, WRC | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 02/02/2016 | (Suppliers Of Levi's) (Suppliers Of Hugo Boss) (Suppliers Of Vistula) | "Excessively low wages, health hazards, poor legal protection in case of illness and the fact that the rights to holiday leave are rarely exercised." | Poland | Clean Clothes Campaign | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard |