A robot attacked a Tesla engineer during a violent malfunction at the company’s factory in Texas. The incident occurred in 2021 when the engineer approached a supposed shutdown robot arm but got clawed and pinned to the wall by the machine performing its programmed motions.
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A witness said the engineer bled from his back and arms. He pulled himself out and fell into a chute, leaving a trail of blood. after two witnesses who watched their fellow employee leaving a “trail of blood” after the attack, hit the emergency shutdown button.
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This is not the only incident of its kind at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Tesla has been under scrutiny for its workplace safety practices.
The company has been fined multiple times for underreporting injuries and has opposed fines for workplace injuries. The company has also been accused of having an “ultra hardcore” work culture that ignores workplace injuries.
Injury reports submitted to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that nearly one out of every 21 workers at the Giga Texas factory got hurt last year.
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