Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Injuries & Diseases(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/06/1999 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Equilon Enterprises) (Olympic Pipeline Company) | Ill-maintained pipeline ruptures and releases over 230,000 gallons of gasoline and ignites - 3 people killed, including two ten-year-old boys; over 9 injured; home destroyed; resulting fire killed over 100,000 fish and other aquatic organisms; massive environmental damage on creeks and soil. Civil and criminal penalties on Shell and Olympic - $92 million. | Bellingham, WA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution | |
| 09/11/2001 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | At least 3 dead, 17 injured from oil pipeline fire. | Nigeria | Planetark, Reuters | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
| 12/11/2001 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Unacceptable levels of at least one metal or pesticide were found in 156 out of an 181 resident sample's bloodstream living near Shell factory caused by over 20 year pesticide exposure; 88 suffer chronic contamination; 59 suffered from thyroid or liver tumors - says state's health watchdog. | São Paulo, Brazil | Planetark, Reuters | Injuries & Diseases, Negligence | |
| 12/08/2002 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Chevron) | Locals blame oil companies over violent encounter with security agents; 800 protesters injured; 15 women missing. | Warri, Nigeria | Vanguard, allAfrica | Abduction & Kidnap, Beatings & Violence, Injuries & Diseases | |
| 14/05/2014 | Samsung | Samsung apologizes and sets up compensatory fund for 244 employees at chip and display plants who developed cancers and rare diseases linked to hazardous conditions, of whom 87 died. | South Korea | Daily Mail | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/12/1992 | Dole Food Company | 1.000 injured banana workers compensated in out of court settlement - $20 million. | Costa Rica | The New York Times, TED | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 31/12/1997 | (Dow Chemical) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Occidental Petroleum Corporation) | 26, 000 banana workers compensated by chemical companies over sterility and other health defects caused by DBCP use in 1970s - $41 million. | Central America, Africa, Philipinnes, | Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, BANANAS! | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 07/10/2004 | (Dole Food Company) (Chiquita) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Dow Chemical) (Fresh Del Monte Produce) | Thousands Banana workers file lawsuit in LA against chemical and fresh produce companies over pesticide use in 1980s causing sterility, testicular atrophy, miscarriages, birth defects, liver damage, and cancer when inhaled or absorbed by the skin. | Costa Rica | ENN - Reuters | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 20/01/2006 | China National Petroleum | Gas pipeline explosion - 9 killed, nearly 40 injured. | Renshou, Meishan, Sichuan, China | China Daily | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases | |
| 03/12/2003 | China National Petroleum | Explosion at natural gas field due to workplace negligence; poisonous fumes spread into surrounding communities; entire village nearly wiped out - 243 dead, 2,142 hospitalized. | Kaixian, Chongqing, China | China Daily | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Occupational Hazard, Pollution |