Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/09/2011 | (ConocoPhillips) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (URS Corporation) | Man who grew up near oil refinery files lawsuit to oil companies alleging that he developed leukemia from benzene exposure caused by repeated toxic releases. | Roxanna, Illinois, US | About Lawsuits | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 01/07/2014 | (Anheuser-Busch InBev) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Daimler) (Danone) (Dow Chemical) (Odfjell) (Petrobras) (Quilmes) (Solvay) | Residents of Villa Inflamble filed a lawsuit against the 'Argentinian Government, Government of the city of Buenos Aires, and 44 businesses for damages to their health suffered as a result of the pollution of Matanza-Riachuelo River.' | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 14/05/2015 | Hangzhou Ligao Travel Products (League) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Samsonite) | 34-year old worker poisoned by n-hexane chemical at factory producing computer cases, luggage, and other bags. The worker toiled for over 60 hours/week. | China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 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 | |
| 02/02/2016 | Matrix Sweaters (Supplier Of Inditex) (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) (Supplier Of J.C. Penney) (Supplier Of Marks & Spencer) (Supplier Of Esprit) (Supplier Of S.Oliver) | Inadequate safety precautions lead to a fire break-out, with some reported injuries. | Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | ILRF, CCC, MSN, WRC | 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 |