Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/08/2015 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Male worker at Foxconn factory jumped from building to his death. | Zhengzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 10/11/1995 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell charged with complicity in human rights abuses against the Ogoni people of Nigeria. Abuses include: "summary execution, crimes against humanity, torture, inhumane treatment, arbitrary arrest, wrongful death, and assault and battery." Case settled for $15.5 million. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Center for Constitutional Rights, The Guardian | Assault and Battery, Deaths, Killings, Summary Executions, Torture | |
| 23/02/2016 | Johnson & Johnson | J & J ordered to pay damages for woman's death from ovarian cancer linked to her use of the company's talcum-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several decades - $72 million | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | Reuters | Consumer Deception, Deaths, Fraud, Negligence | |
| 27/07/2015 | (Suppliers Of Songkla Canning Public Company Limited) (Suppliers Of Thai Union Group) (Suppliers Of Iams) (Suppliers Of Meow Mix) (Suppliers Of Fancy Feast) | Slave Labor in Indonesian fishing boats linked to pet consumer products - "those who fled recounted horrific violence: the sick cast overboard, the defiant beheaded, the insubordinate sealed for days below deck in a dark, fetid fishing hold." | Songkhla Thailand | The New York Times | Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, Injuries & Diseases, Killings | |
| 24/11/2012 | Tazreen Fashions (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Disney) (Part Of Tuba Group) (Supplier Of C&A) (Supplier Of Fishman & Tobin / Li & Fung) (Supplier Of Karl Rieker) (Supplier Of El Corte Ingles) (Supplier Of Teddy Smith) (Supplier Of Dickie’s) (Supplier Of Enyce) (Supplier Of DELTA APPAREL) (Supplier Of Sears) (Supplier Of Edinburgh Woolen Mill) (Supplier Of Piazza Italia) (Supplier Of Simco) (Supplier Of Success Apparel) | 112 workers dead, and many more injured in deadly fire break out. Survivors were forced to jump off fifth floor windows to escape the fire. | Ashulia, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | Clean Clothes Campaign, Al Jazeera | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 26/01/2013 | Smart Fashion (Supplier Of Bershka) (Supplier Of lefties,) (Supplier Of Inditex) (Supplier Of SOL'S) (Supplier Of Scott & Fox) | 7 women killed in factory fire, including 3 children. | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 09/10/2013 | Aswad Composite Mills (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Primark) (Supplier Of Hudson's Bay Company) (Supplier Of Loblaws) | Garment factory catches fire; 10 workers dead; over 50 injured. | Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard |