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Worker killed by robot in welding accident at car parts factory in India

AI Incident Database · article · Jul 2, 2015 · UTC

A factory robot at the SKH Metals Factory in Manesar, India pierced and killed 24-year-old worker Ramji Lal when Lal reached behind the machine to dislodge a piece of metal stuck in the machine.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2015-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

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AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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