Unsafe Working Conditions
Dangerous or degrading workplace conditions — documented patterns of preventable injuries, deaths, or illness caused by inadequate safety measures, excessive hours, or disregard for worker health. Includes heat exposure deaths, chemical exposure, repetitive stress injuries at scale, and supply chain factory conditions. Same escalating threshold as other conduct codes: one incident is alarming, two is very concerning, three or more independent incidents with the same fact pattern is dispositive. Recency matters — companies that have genuinely reformed safety practices should be reassessed. Distinct from preventable_deaths (capital-structure-driven care deterioration) and worker_exploitation (compensation theft).
Excluded Companies (8 total)
Showing 8 of 8 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | A September 2025 China Labor Watch investigation found workers at Foxconn's Zhengzhou iPhone 17 facility were subjected to 60–75 hour weeks, dispatch labor usage at five times the legal cap, and inade... |
| ARI | African Rainbow Minerals | Participated in historic R5-billion silicosis class action settlement in South Africa for occupational lung disease among mineworkers |
| BWA | BorgWarner | Teamsters members cited unsafe conditions at BorgWarner facility; workers on picket line over safety and contract complaints |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | ViolationTracker: 39 safety-related offense records spanning OSHA workplace safety, PHMSA pipeline safety (Calumet Superior LLC, Superior Refining Company), and FRA railroad safety violations |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have accumulated $20.8 million in safety-related penalties across 313 OSHA enforcement actions. Inspectors have repeatedly found merchandise blocking exits and walkways, ... |
| HD | Home Depot, Inc. (The) | Historical reliance on informal migrant day labor leading to systemic wage theft; FLSA violations documented in ViolationTracker enforcement records |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | OSHA Inspection 1819474.015 (Sep 2025): 3 Serious citations for lockout/tagout and machine guarding failures at Hormel facility |
| TSLA | Tesla | As of 2025, the AFL-CIO found 27 open cases with workplace safety violations. They note: "In many cases, Tesla refuses to pay small fines and prolongs the process by contesting the citations. In most ... |
The Naughty List
A digest of changes to our exclusion list — new additions, removals, and the evidence behind them. We review the list continuously as new evidence surfaces.