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Incident #620·AI Safety & Failures

A Robot at a Tesla Factory in Texas Allegedly Injured an Engineer

November 10, 20215 reportsView on AIID

Explainability

Description

A Tesla manufacturing robot at the Giga Texas factory is reported to have malfunctioned, injuring an engineer. The robot, which was designed for handling car parts, is described as having caused a significant open wound in the engineer. This incident occurred in the context of broader safety concerns at the factory, with evidence suggesting underreporting of workplace accidents. The 2021 incident highlights the risks associated with robotic automation in industrial settings.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

tesla

Alleged Developers

tesla

Harmed Parties

tesla-workers
tesla-engineer

Classification

Risk Domain

AI Safety & Failures

Risk Subdomain

7.3. Lack of capability or robustness

MIT Risk Profile

AIUnintentionalPost-deployment

Topics

Explainability

Source

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Source Reports(5 total)

Tesla engineer attacked by robot at company’s Giga Texas factory, report says

independent.co.uk· Dec 2023

Robot attacked Tesla engineer at Texas factory: Report

newsnationnow.com· Dec 2023

AI Incident Database (AIID), MIT AI Risk Initiative. Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID), MIT AI Risk Initiative. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Elon Musk robot attacks worker in Tesla factory

news.com.au· Dec 2023

Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer at company's Texas factory during violent malfunction - leaving 'trail of blood' and forcing workers to hit emergency shutdown button

dailymail.co.uk· Dec 2023

Tesla factory worker attacked by robot that dug its claws into back and arm

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