Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Deaths(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/03/2005 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Series of explosions at BP Texas City refinery - 15 workers killed, 180 injured; reports identified numerous technical and organisational failings at the refinery and within corporate BP; criminal and civil charges - $373m. | Texas City, TX | CSB | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2002 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Alleged involvement of BP in kidnapping, murder and torture of suspected pipeline activists. | Casanare, Colombia | The Guardian | Abduction & Kidnap, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Killings, Torture | |
| 31/12/2010 - 01/01/2000 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Field study accuses Shell of fueling death and violence in Nigeria by paying rival militant gangs. | Nigeria | Platform | Beatings & Violence, Deaths | |
| 31/12/1995 - 01/01/1995 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Released documents show Shell paid Nigerian military to stop protest movements over its pollution. Protests were violently suppressed, with reported life losses. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | The Guardian | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Killings | |
| 01/01/2002 - 01/01/1980 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BASF SE) | BASF and Shell to pay compensation for health treatment to 1,068 former workers after prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals at pesticide plant. Labor prosecutors say chemical contamination killed 60 workers - $316 million. | São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil | Reuters | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence | |
| 17/04/2014 | (International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Ford Motor Company) | Ford and IBM will again have to face a U.S. lawsuit claiming they encouraged human rights abuses such as killings and tortures in apartheid-era South Africa. | South Africa | Reuters | Deaths, Killings, Oppressive Regimes, Torture | |
| 17/07/2015 | Kuaihao (Grosby) Footwear Factory (Supplier Of Marks & Spencer) (Supplier Of Clarks) | Worker jumped out of the fourth floor of a factory building to her death after being fired for participating in a strike. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 01/08/2015 | Kunshan Metal Products Co., Ltd (Supplier Of General Motors) | 75 dead, 186 injured from metallic dust explosion and ensuing fire in wheel supplying factory. | Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 03/02/2015 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker (26 years old) dies after working 84 hours/week, family claims;12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week. | Shanghai, China | Daily Mail | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 07/08/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Female worker found lying dead on the ground outside Foxconn's Zaofu factory. | Zhengzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths |