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Factory robot impales worker with 10 foot-long steel spikes after horror malfunction
The Sun UK ^
Posted on 12/13/2018 5:38:56 AM PST by BenLurkin
The 49-year-old, named as Mr Zhou, was working on the night shift at a porcelain factory in Hunan province when he was struck by a falling mechanical arm.
Six steel rods fixed on a steel plate pierced his right shoulder and chest, and four penetrated elsewhere in his body.
The accident resulted in him being impaled with foot long, half-inch thick metal rods, the People’s Daily reported.
He was first taken to a local hospital before he was transferred to the Xiangya Hospital of Central South University due to the severity of his injurie
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: factoryrobot; impales; killerrobot; malfunction; robotlaw; whenrobotskill; worker
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:38:56 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:39:32 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin
WARNING!
DO NOT look at the pictures at the link.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:42:38 AM PST
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
To: dfwgator
How do we know it was accidental? Maybe Skynet struck the first blow.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:43:13 AM PST
by
I-ambush
(One foot in the grave,one foot on the pedal. I was born to rebel.)
To: BenLurkin
Prayers for him and hus family. How horrible.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:45:15 AM PST
by
ZULU
(Jeff Sessions should be tried for sedition.)
To: BenLurkin
The worst part of the story is that he was required to finish his 36 hour shift after the surgery.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:45:41 AM PST
by
montag813
To: BenLurkin
The worst part of the story is that he was required to finish his 36 hour shift after the surgery.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:45:41 AM PST
by
montag813
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:47:18 AM PST
by
Marak
To: BenLurkin
....probably wong place at wong time...while ignoring safety warnings....
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:52:05 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: BenLurkin
Ten, foot-long spikes. NOT, 10 foot long, spikes. Or something like that.
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:53:29 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
(One side has guns and training. Other side's primary concern is 'gender identity'. Who's gonna win?)
To: montag813
Yeah, but he pulled down another $3.60 (before taxes)
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:54:10 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Ouch! very graphic picture....
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:54:55 AM PST
by
nevergore
(I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
To: real saxophonist
I’m just trying to figure out why a porcelain factory would have such a device in the first place?
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posted on
12/13/2018 5:55:42 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
But self-driving cars are gonna work out just peachy.
To: BenLurkin
I think you will find that the proper lock out procedures were not followed. I see these injuries all the time. It’s usually South Koreans who are here. They enter these robotic areas, while machines are running. These areas are walled off. Why you would enter them without turning everything off is crazy, but it happens all the time.
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posted on
12/13/2018 6:02:09 AM PST
by
nikos1121
(With Trump, we have our own Age of Pericles)
To: real saxophonist
Ten, foot-long spikes. NOT, 10 foot long, spikes. Or something like that.
Typical journalism school genius.
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posted on
12/13/2018 6:04:43 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
A lot more horrible injuries occur by human driven cars everyday.
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posted on
12/13/2018 6:09:50 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: real saxophonist
Commas are VERY important!
Let’s eat, Grandma!
Let’s eat Grandma!
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posted on
12/13/2018 6:11:45 AM PST
by
originalbuckeye
('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
To: BenLurkin
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