The Occupational Diseases of Electronics/Semiconductor Industry in South Korea
based on the information collected by SHARPS
Update as of March 5th, 2012
(The numbers mean victims and deaths among them respectively)
Total: 154, 61 (i.e. 154 victims found with occupational diseases; 61 deaths)
Samsung Semiconductor: 85, 30
Samsung LCD: 16, 7
Samsung mobile phone and other electronics: 11, 7
Samsung Electromechatronics: 11, 7
Samsung SDI: 10, 2
Samsung Techwin: 4, 0
(Subtotal of Samsung: 137, 53)
Hynix (Magnachip): 9, 5
Amco Technology Korea (Anam): 2, 0
Subcontractors of electronics components: 6, 3
These are the reported and known cases; how many more sick victims and deaths might there be which have been unreported?
Workers must be informed about the hazards they face at work; their rights to information and protection must be respected; and their lives must be treasured. Until all these are achieved in the industry, particularly at Samsung, the number of sick and dead victims will only keep rising.
Here you can find our previous posting regarding illnesses and deaths of workers in Samsung factories, which SHARPS had become aware of by 2010:
https://stopsamsung.wordpress.com/about-the-victims/
And here, about new victims that were discovered in 2011:
Reblogged this on Fair For All and commented:
Very timely as we’ve heard this week that Samsung has become the world’s number 1 manufacturer of smartphones, outselling Apple 3 to 2. They haven’t had a fraction of the attention Apple has had in the last two years.
Thank you for your support! Please continue informing your readers about the truth behind Samsung’s production!
was a CVD engineer in one of their more advanced 300mm FABs (newer & safer tools). Very fortunate that I left after 3 years and now a father of 2 daughters. RIP to the victims and those afflicted. I view the recent admission of this case by Samsung as due to Park Geun Hye’s incarceration which resulted in the loss of government political backing.