RegistryTMR-0023
Robert Williams, a 25-year-old Ford assembly line worker, was killed instantly when a robot arm struck him in the head while he was gathering parts in a storage facility at a Ford casting plant in Flat Rock, Michigan.
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- Date of incident
- 1979-01-25
- Location
- Flat Rock, Michigan, USA
- Sources
- 1
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How the event developed
- 2010-01-25Report
Robert Williams, a 25-year-old Ford assembly line worker, was killed instantly when a robot arm struck him in the head while he was gathering parts in a storage facility at a Ford casting plant in Flat Rock, Michigan.
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