Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/07/2010 | Whittaker Corporation (Part Of Meggitt) | Twenty-six parties ordered to cleanup contaminated soil from yearlong (1961 - 1980) disposal of hazardous substances. Costs - $2.2 million. | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | ||
| 15/12/2009 | (Supplier Of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings) (Supplier Of Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Supplier Of United Technologies Corporation) | Companies ordered to clean landfill from yearlong (1920 - 1967) waste disposal, so as to protect groundwater. Five companies will pay - future oversight costs $500,000 & damages $3.287 million. | Southington, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 15/12/2009 | Kraft Foods Inc (Part Of Mondelez International) (Part Of Kraft Heinz) | Companies ordered to clean landfill from yearlong (1920 - 1967) waste disposal, so as to protect groundwater. Five companies will pay - future oversight costs $500,000 & damages $3.287 million. | Southington, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 09/09/1998 - 01/01/1917 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | EPA cites hundreds of environmental violations at Shell's Wood River oil refinery located on the banks of the national heritage Mississippi River; excess levels of SO2 & SO air emissions, benzene; 'violations of solid waste labeling, reporting, and manifesting requirements, untimely reporting of emissions of extremely hazardous substances such as ammonia and chlorine'. Civil penalties - $1.5 million + $10 million in environmental projects. | Roxanna, MO, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Negligence, Pollution | |
| 02/08/1996 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Fifteen businesses ordered to clean up DDT-contaminated sediment from superfund site. Contamination occurred from 1947 to 1966. Costs - $10 million. | Richmond, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 07/11/1996 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Four companies fined for violations underground fuel storage tank regulations including: inadequate inventory control, failure to conduct manual tank gauging, and failure to report and confirm suspected releases - $2,150. | Arizona, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 18/07/1997 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell service station's underground storage tanks affecting water supply wells. Penalty - $30,000. | Ridgewood, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 12/03/2003 | (Archer Daniels Midland Company) (Ferro Corporation) (Chevron) (Dilo) (Exxon Mobil) (FMC Corporation) (Ferro Corporation) (GlobalSantaFe Corporation) (Halliburton) (Texaco) (Union Pacific Railroad Company) (Unocal) | Companies ordered to clean up Santa Fe Springs superfund site from year-long dumping of metal wastes, PAHs and VOCs. Cleanup costs - $9.08 million. | CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 23/07/2015 | Samsung | Court orders Samsung Electronics East Africa to compensate employee for sexual discrimination, racism & wrongful termination. | Kenya | Kenya Law | Discrimination | |
| 12/08/2016 | Samsung | Investigation finds that South Korean authorities repeatedly allowed Samsung to block the release of information about chip workers' exposure to chemicals and other hazards. | South Korea | Associated Press | Fraud, Negligence, Occupational Hazard |