Robo Incidents
Year

Incidents in 2015

Recorded incidents involving robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and other physical AI systems in the United States during 2015.

2
Incidents recorded
2
Deaths
0
Reported injuries
2015
Years covered

2 records

Most recent first
  1. Driverless forklift crushes warehouse worker at Washington bottler

    WAWarehouse robots

    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.

    Fatal
  2. Maintenance technician killed by robot at Ventra Ionia auto parts plant

    Ionia, MIVentra IoniaIndustrial robots

    A 57-year-old maintenance technician was crushed by a robot in a trailer-hitch assembly line at the Ventra Ionia Main plant in Ionia, Michigan, on July 7, 2015.

    Fatal