RegistryTMR-0140
Robot crushes 20-year-old worker to death at Hyundai/Kia supplier facility
Fatalityfatalityrobot arm
- Date of incident
- 2023-03-09
- Location
- USA
- Sources
- 2
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How the event developed
- 2023-03-09Report
Robot crushes 20-year-old worker to death at Hyundai/Kia supplier facility
miamiherald.com - 2023-03-10Follow-up
A robot inside a robotic cell at AJIN USA's Cusseta, Alabama facility suddenly restarted and crushed 20-year-old Regina Elsea to death while she and co-workers were clearing a sensor fault on the assembly line.
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- miamiherald.comRobot crushes 20-year-old worker to death at Hyundai/Kia supplier facility2023-03-09tier 2
- thestar.com.myA robot inside a robotic cell at AJIN USA's Cusseta, Alabama facility suddenly restarted and crushed 20-year-old Regina Elsea to death while she and co-workers were clearing a sensor fault on the assembly line.2023-03-10tier 2
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