India: Blast in Lifelong's auto-ancillary factory, allegedly resulted in deaths and injuries to workers, due to negligence in following safety protocols
Resumo
Data informada: 1 Abr 2024
Localização: Índia
Empresas
Hero MotorCorp - Client , Hutchinson SA - Client , NISSIN Brakes India Pvt Ltd. - Client , Inteva Products - Client , Lifelong India Pvt Ltd - Employer , BorgWarner - Client , India Nippon Electricals Ltd. - Client , Brembo - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 38
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Índia , Manufatura: geral , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Danos , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Saúde e Segurança Ocupacional , Acesso à Informação , Metas excessivas de produção , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Mortes , EnfermidadesResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Resource Centre
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: An FIR was filed by one of the injured workers, and the factory's maintenance manager and another person were arrested for negligence of duty. The injured workers have received only Rs. 1.5 lakhs so far though they are unclear about whether they will receive more and when. The Resource Centre received a response from Hero Motors, General Motors, Flex-N-Gate and Magna. We did not receive any response from Lifelong India, Inteva, Lucas, Exide, India Nippon, Brembo, BorgWarner, Hutchinson, and Nissin. A few companies like Flex-N-Gate and Magna have clarified that they are not Lifelong India's customer and Lifelong India has no permission to represent them as its customer. General Motors stated that it immediately initiated its due diligence process following the incident and intends to work with the supplier until a resolution is achieved, while also requiring independent verification and transparency. In contrast, Hero MotoCorp only provided a general reference to its policy without addressing specific actions taken in response to the incident. Neither Lifelong India nor other brands involved have provided responses regarding their remediation efforts.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
"Just another accident in the Auto Sector Supply Chain? How many is too many?", 1 April, 2024
...On the evening of March 16, 2024, at around 5.45 pm, there was a blast in an auto ancillary manufacturing factory, Lifelong Private Limited in Dharuhera, District 'Rewari', Haryana...
...Around 60 workers in the buffering department working at that point in time were hurt by the blast, over 15 of them severely... the dust collector either caught a spark or was so full that it overheated, causing it to explode...The workers claim it hadn’t been cleaned in months, while the management claims it was cleaned in January or February...
...Workers told us that whenever there was an audit, they were sent out of the plant, auditors did not talk/meet with any worker...
...Media reports indicate that workers complained of 12-hour shifts with one lunch break and no other breaks, no weekly offs, extreme production pressure as harsh targets needed to be met, got bare minimum as safety gear viz. gloves and masks, which melted into their skin when the fire spread...