Incident 24: Robot kills worker at German Volkswagen plant
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A 22-year-old worker at a Volkswagen plant was "crushed to death" by a robotic arm. The worker was inside the "safety cage", meant to separate humans from the machines, to install a piece of the robot when an arm struck him, pinning him to a metal plate. He was resuscitated, however he died later at the hospital. Volkswagen is citing human error as the cause of the accident.
Short Description
A Volkswagen plant robot "crushed to death" a worker by pinning him to a metal plate.
Severity
Severe
Harm Type
Harm to physical health/safety
Location
Baunatal, Germany
Named Entities
Volkswagen
Technology Purveyor
Volkswagen
Beginning Date
2015-06-24T07:00:00.000Z
Ending Date
2015-06-24T07:00:00.000Z
Near Miss
Harm caused
Intent
Accident
Lives Lost
Yes
Infrastructure Sectors
Critical manufacturing
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A worker at a Volkswagen factory in Germany has died, after a robot grabbed him and crushed him against a metal plate.
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ChinaFotoPress/Getty A robot killed a factory worker at a Volkswagen plant in Germany, FT reports. The 21-year-old worker was installing the robot when it struck him in the chest, crushing him against a plate. He died after the incident.
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The 22-year-old was part of a team that was setting up the stationary robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate, …
A 22-year-old worker in a Volkswagen assembly plant in Germany died Monday when a robot killed him.
The man was inside a metal cage setting up the stationary robot when it reached out and grabbed him, crushing him against a metal plate.
Ano…
A worker at a Volkswagen factory in Germany has died, after a robot grabbed him and crushed him against a metal plate.
The 22-year-old man died in hospital following the tragic incident at a plant in Baunatal on Monday, around 100km north o…
Story highlights State prosecutor's office confirms the death
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Wire services report that the man was crushed against a metal plate by the robot.
The FT says VW has stated the robot did not suffer a technical d…
A technician has been killed by a robot in an accident at a Volkswagen plant near Kassel, Germany, reports the Financial Times.
According to the report, “a 21 year old external contractor was installing the robot together with a colleague w…
The 22-year-old worker died from injuries he sustained when he was trapped by a robotic arm and crushed against a metal plate.
The man, who has not been named, was part of a team that was setting up the automated machinery at the factory in…
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A 22-year-old German worker has died after an accident involving a robot in a Volkswagen production plant in the town of Baunatal, approximately 100 km north of Frankfurt.
According to Heiko Hillwig, a spokesperson for the company, the cont…
Contractor was setting up the stationary robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate at the plant in Baunatal
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A robot has killed a contractor at one…
Automaker Volkswagen says a robot has killed a contractor at one of its production plants in Germany.
A spokesman for VW says the man died Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Frankfurt.
Heiko Hillwig sa…
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A contractor at a Volkswagen production plant in Germany has been killed by a robot who grabbed him and crushed him against a metal plate.
The 22-year-old man was a member of a team that was tasked with setting up the stationar…
A 22-year-old man was helping to put together the stationary robot that grabs and configures auto parts Monday when the machine grabbed and pushed him against a metal plate, the Associated Press reported. He later died from the injuries.
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