Archives: Incidents

Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
13/06/2008
(Samsung)
(Nokia)
(Motorola)
(LG)
(Sony)
Study shows mobile phone companies use cobalt from DR Congo, running the risk of supporting illegal export and unfair mining practices, which often involves severe human rights abuses.DR CongoDanWatchChild Labor, Forced Labor, Negligence, Occupational Hazard
24/09/2008
(Suppliers Of Apple)
(Suppliers Of LG)
(Suppliers Of Motorola)
(Suppliers Of Nokia)
(Suppliers Of Samsung)
(Suppliers Of Sony)
Report reveals severe violations of workers’ rights in Asian (China, Philippines) mobile phone factories.China and PhilippinesSOMOAbusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
01/07/2009
(Suppliers Of Apple)
(Suppliers Of Acer)
(Suppliers Of ASUS)
(Suppliers Of Celestica Inc.)
(Suppliers Of Dell)
(Suppliers Of Seiko Holdings Corporation)
(Suppliers Of Fujitsu)
(Suppliers Of Hitachi)
(Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP))
(Suppliers Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM))
(Suppliers Of Intel Corporation)
(Suppliers Of Lenovo)
(Suppliers Of LG)
(Suppliers Of Motorola)
(Suppliers Of NEC)
(Suppliers Of Nokia)
(Suppliers Of Philips)
(Suppliers Of Seagate Technology)
(Suppliers Of Siemens)
(Suppliers Of Sony)
(Suppliers Of Toshiba)
(Suppliers Of Samsung)
Report reveals that suppliers of computer components in the Philippines violated labour laws and codes of conduct of computer brands.PhilippinesSOMOAbusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
21/05/2013Dongguan Jinchuan Electronic Company, Ltd.
(Supplier Of ASUS)
(Owned by 3CEMS)
14-year-old worker (Liu Fuzong) at factory producing motherboards found dead by his co-workers on his dorm bed.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchChild Labor, Deaths
25/04/2013SamsungSamsung admits using tin sourced from Bangka Island, where unregulated tin mining depends on child labour, wrecks the environment and kills an estimated 150 miners every year.Bangka Island, IndonesiaThe GuardianChild Labor, Deaths, Occupational Hazard, Pollution
14/08/2013SamsungPoor working conditions at factory (6.000 workers): putting employees’ health at risk; forcing them to carry out intense but repetitive activities; 10 hour daily shifts; one worker worked 27 days straight, without day off; workers to perform triple the amount of movements considered safe under ergonomic studies. Brazilian public prosecutors are suing Samsung for R$250m ($109m) in damages.Manaus - AM, BrasilFinancial TimesExcessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard
24/10/2013SamsungA South Korean court says studies conducted to evaluate safety at Samsung chip factories failed to fully examine workplace health hazards.South KoreaAssociated PressInspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard
10/01/2014SamsungWorkers riot at Samsung factory, after late-arriving worker is beaten by security guards.Thai Nguyen, VietnamBusiness InsiderAbusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Injuries & Diseases
27/08/2014JCY International
(Supplier Of Samsung)
(Supplier Of Hitachi)
(Supplier Of Western Digital)
Workers riot at JCY Int. factory, highlighting accusations of poor working conditions after the death of an employee.Johor MalaysiaReuters, Wall Street JournalDeaths, Negligence, Occupational Hazard
14/07/2010
(AkzoNobel)
(Shell (Royal Dutch Shell))
(Avnet)
(Chevron)
(BP (Beyond Petroleum))
(CNA Holdings)
(Cooley, Inc)
(Cytec Industries)
(Exxon Mobil)
(Greenhill)
(General Dynamics Electric Boat)
(Eastern Color & Chemical Company)
(Drake Petroleum Company)
(Sunoco)
(Hubbard Hall)
(AstraZeneca)
(Uniroyal Holding)
(National Grid)
(Mallinckrodt)
(John R. Hess & Company)
Twenty-six parties ordered to cleanup contaminated soil from yearlong (1961 - 1980) disposal of hazardous substances. Costs - $2.2 million.Coventry, RI, United StatesUS Environmental Protection AgencyPollution