State
Incidents in Washington
Recorded incidents involving robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and other physical AI systems in Washington, each with sources.
- 2
- Incidents recorded
- 1
- Death
- 1
- Reported injuries
- 2008–15
- Years covered
2 records
Most recent first- Fatal
Driverless forklift crushes warehouse worker at Washington bottler
A 45-year-old dock coordinator at a Washington State water bottling warehouse was crushed on December 9, 2015, when the forks of a laser guided vehicle lowered onto him.
- Serious injury
Patient severely injured in 2008 da Vinci prostatectomy in Washington state
A patient suffered a rectal laceration and lasting complications in a da Vinci robotic prostatectomy at Harrison Medical Center on September 9, 2008; the case reached the state high court.