Incident 242: Manufacturing Robot Failure Caused Factory Worker's Death in India

Description: A sensor snag resulted in an automotive parts factory robot falling on a factory worker in India

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Chakan plant of Automotive Stampings and Assemblies, which harmed Umesh Ramesh Dhake.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
242
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2021-02-24
Editors
Sean McGregor
Injured critically in accident involving industrial robot, factory employee dies
indianexpress.com · 2021

A 44-year-old employee at the Chakan plant of Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Ltd (ASAL), an automobile component company, died after being critically injured in an accident involving an industrial robot on Wednesday morning, said polic…

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