Posted on 12/26/2023 11:46:37 AM PST by Red Badger
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A robotic malfunction at Tesla’s Giga Texas factory resulted in a violent encounter where an engineer was attacked by one of the company’s robots, resulting in significant injuries and leaving a ‘trail of blood.’
According to the Daily Mail, while working on software programming for non-functional Tesla robots, the engineer was suddenly pinned against a surface by a robot tasked with manipulating aluminum car components, with its metal claws inflicted an injury that left an ‘open wound’ on the worker’s left hand.
“Two of the robots, which cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum, were disabled so the engineer and his teammates could safely work on the machines. A third one, which grabbed and moved the car parts, was inadvertently left operational, according to two people who watched it happen. As that robot ran through its normal motions, it pinned the engineer against a surface, pushing its claws into his body and drawing blood from his back and his arm, the two people said,” The Information reported.
Quick action was taken by Tesla workers who intervened and triggered the emergency shutdown button to halt the malfunctioning robot and prevent further injury to the engineer.
This incident came to light through a 2021 injury report filed to Travis County and federal regulators, which Daily Mail reviewed. Tesla is legally required to report such incidents to ensure the continuation of state-provided tax incentives.
Despite claims by Tesla that the engineer did not require time off following the event, an attorney representing the factory’s contract laborers suggests otherwise. Evidence hints at possible underreporting of workplace accidents, casting doubt on the official records.
Document from Tesla obtained by Daily Mail
Daily Mail reported:
The injury report, which Tesla must submit to authorities by law to maintain its lucrative tax breaks in Texas, claimed the engineer did not require time off of work.
But one attorney who represents Tesla’s Giga Texas contract workers has told DailyMail.com she believes, based on her conversations with workers there, that the amount of injuries suffered at the factory is going underreported.
This underreporting, the attorney said, even included the September 28, 2021 death of a construction worker, who had been contracted to help build the factory itself.
‘My advice would be to read that report with a grain of salt,’ the attorney, Hannah Alexander of the nonprofit Workers Defense Project, told DailyMail.com.
‘We’ve had multiple workers who were injured,’ Alexander said, ‘and one worker who died, whose injuries or death are not in these reports that Tesla is supposed to be accurately completing and submitting to the county in order to get tax incentives.’
Elon Musk has yet to issue a formal statement in response to these allegations.
Just recently, Tesla revealed the second generation of its humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2.
Optimus Gen 2 stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs in at a light 121 pounds, shedding 22 pounds from the first model. It’s not just its frame that’s been upgraded; this robot can reach speeds up to 5 mph, which is a substantial 30% increase in velocity.
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A hell of a time for a recursive function call.
Lockout-Tagout basics.
“A third one, which grabbed and moved the car parts, was inadvertently left operational, according to two people who watched it happen.”
Idiots.
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“Two of the robots, which cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum, were disabled so the engineer and his teammates could safely work on the machines. A third one, which grabbed and moved the car parts, was inadvertently left operational, according to two people who watched it happen. As that robot ran through its normal motions, it pinned the engineer against a surface, pushing its claws into his body and drawing blood from his back and his arm, the two people said,” The Information reported.Also, I believe it happened a couple of years ago.
Does media call them unidentified teen robots?
There obviously needs to be a safety stop in the software to cover this situation where there is no ‘metal’ to be worked upon..............
Ignore the tagout rules at your peril.
Union Robot, non Union worker, whadda ya expect?
And so it begins.....
The metal in this case is aluminum, to magnetics is out
Adding sensors would be like adding a sensor to a hammer so you don’t smash your fingers. It would be expensive, add zero value and provide an additional source of failure
Using Lock out/ Tag out as a BASIC means of operation would have prevented this. A Robot that grabs fresh cast aluminum weighing 100-1500 lbs doesn’t know or care if that piece is flesh, plastic or metal. It will do what it’s coded to do. This seems like a basic safety issue
Assembly robots in car plants date back dozens of years, and always have automated machines in a cage. Maybe Elon could learn something from history. On the other hand, if this is a more than a year between incidents, maybe he got it right by freeing up his robots.
Aspiring rapper turning his life around.
My niece’s husband had a long time lucrative job working at an oil refinery. But he was a big fan of Elon Musk and Tesla products, so he quit his job and moved the family to Nevada to work at their big factory near Reno.
It didn’t work out. I once went into the details about this and was brutally attacked by our resident Tesla fan boys and girls... so I am not going to bother today. But not all is wine and roses for workers in Tesla factories.
I would stay away from those Bots because they walk like Biden.
The robot didn't malfunction. The humans screwed up on lockout/tagout.
From the article:
“This underreporting, the attorney said, even included the September 28, 2021 death of a construction worker, who had been contracted to help build the factory itself.”
OSHA reports are completed by the EMPLOYER regarding THEIR EMPLOYEES. A contract construction worker’s injury or death will not appear on Tesla’s OSHA reports, it will appear on the construction company’s OSHA reports. This article loses all credibility if that’s the example they want to use for Tesla underreporting their work related injuries.
Disclaimer: I don’t give a crap about Tesla. Bad reporting irritates me.
Indeed.
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