Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of Arrow) (Supplier Of Pierre Cardin) | Labor violations at garment factory (800 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; 4 hours weekly unpaid overtime; child labor (16-18 years of age). | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 18/06/2017 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker interviews expose public scolding, insults and humiliation by management at factory manufacturing electronics. | Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | The Guardian | Abusive Management | |
| 15/06/2017 | (International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Intel Corporation) (Motorola) (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Texas Instruments) | Companies in the semiconductor industry accussed of outsourcing chip manufacture using the highly toxic chemicals "ethylene glycol ethers", or EGEs in South Korea after 1995, when such substances were banned in their domicile for causing diseases such as cancer, miscarriages, leukemia, infertility and others. | South Korea | Bloomberg | Fraud, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
| 28/11/2016 | (Supplier Of General Electric) (Supplier Of Starbucks) (Supplier Of Tiffany & Co.) (Supplier Of Yunnan Tin) (Supplier Of Yunnan Cultural Industry Investment Holding Group) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Foxconn Technology Group) (Supplier Of Pegatron Group) (Supplier Of Shenmao Technology) (Supplier Of Target) | Investigation uncovers ties between tin mine held by United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Myanmar and supply chains for multinational companies. UWSA, blacklisted over accusations of trafficking in heroin and methamphetamine, is also responsible among other armed groups for keeping Myanmar in a state of near-perpetual civil war for decades. | Man Maw, Myanmar (Burma) | Reuters | Drug Trafficking, War Crimes | |
| 30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) (Supplier Of Primark) (Supplier Of Muji) | Labor issues at garment factory (3,500 workers): non-living wages; daily base wage 3,600 kyat (€2.71); cases of child labor (workers 16-18 years of age). | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Non-Living Wage | |
| 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 | |
| 31/12/2008 - 01/01/2002 | Samsung | Employee working for five years and seven months (between 2002-2008) in a Samsung Display LCD factory diagnosed with leukemia, contracted by exposure to carcinogens and other harmful substances with inadequate protective gear, Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL) says. | South Korea | The Hankyoreh | 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 |