Automotive industry

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    Automotive manufacturing: a poor safety record

    Thousands of workers in India’s automotive parts factories suffer disabling injuries to their hands every year, and campaigners say big automotive brands need to do more to both force and support their suppliers to tackle the problem.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 October 2023

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    Driving into danger

    Several thousand workers in India’s automotive parts factories suffer horrendous hand and finger injuries every year. Campaigners say it’s time the country’s biggest automotive companies do more to improve health and safety standards in their supply chain.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 September 2021

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    Hundreds of workers still being injured in Indian automotive plants, warns report

    Hundreds of workers continue to be injured in the supply chain factories of India’s automotive industry, according to a new report published by the Safe in India (SII) Foundation, a non-profit organisation that campaigns for improved safety standards in the sector.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 September 2022