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A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.

Minor injuryinjuryconsumer
Date of incident
2015-02-05
Location
Korea
Sources
5
EscalationFollow-up
Timeline

How the event developed

  1. 2015-02-05Report

    A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.

    koreabizwire.com
  2. 2015-02-08Follow-up

    A 52-year-old woman in Changwon, South Korea had her hair sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner while she was sleeping on the floor, requiring firefighters to free her.

    theguardian.com
  3. 2015-02-08Report

    A robot vacuum cleaner became entangled in the hair of a 52-year-old sleeping woman in Changwon, South Korea, requiring the fire department to free her; the device was confirmed not to be a Roomba/iRobot product.

    dailydot.com
  4. 2015-02-09Follow-up

    A 52-year-old woman in Changwon, South Korea had her hair caught and swallowed by a robot vacuum cleaner while she slept on the floor, requiring four emergency workers half an hour to free her.

    news.sky.com
  5. 2015-02-09Follow-up

    South Korean woman became trapped and had to be rescued after a Roomba-like robot vacuum became entangled with her hair while she slept.

    upi.com
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