Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/06/2007 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Nintendo) | 19-year-old Foxconn employee hangs himself in company bathroom. | China | Project Gutenberg | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 14/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Nintendo) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | 21-year-old Foxconn employee jumps from 7th floor dormitory building to his death. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Global Times | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 22/05/2010 - 01/04/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Apple) | Foxconn claims at least 30 possible suicide attempts have been forestalled within two months. | China | Asia Times | Suicides | |
| 25/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Nintendo) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) | Li Hai, a young factory worker (19 years of age) found dead after jumping from dormitory building. | Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Telegraph | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 27/05/2010 - 01/01/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Nintendo) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Motorola) | 13 suicides from the beginning of the year have been recorded at digital products factory (~820,000 workers); 10 deaths; 3 failed attempts. Many workers suffer from excessive stress and exhaustion, caused by military-style rigor, repetitive work and long hours over the legal minimum. Worker wages (900 RMB per month) is deemed insufficient to cover basic living expenses in their home city, and thus workers have no choice but to work massive amounts of overtime. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 27/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Nintendo) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Dell) | Employee (25 years of age) attempted to kill himself by cutting his wrists, but survived after medical attention. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Times, BBC, China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 26/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Nintendo) | 23-year-old factory worker dies by jumping from 7th floor dormitory balcony. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | BBC, China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 21/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Nokia) | 21-year-old employee at electronics manufacturer jumped from building to his death. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Financial Times | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 23/01/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | 19 year-old worker (Ma Xiangqian) at factory producing electronics leaped from high floor to his death. The month before his death he worked 286 hours (including 112 hours overtime, three times the legal limit), and got paid ~$1 per hour. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The New York Times | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 16/07/2009 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 25-year-old male Foxconn employee commits suicide after being interrogated about missing prototype for new iPhone. Some report that, shortly before his death, he had been detained and beaten by senior official in Foxconn security department. | China | The Wall Street Journal | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Suicides |