S2 · · KUKA · Austin, TX, USA
| Company | KUKA |
| Category | machinery oem |
| Type | injury |
| Date | |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Austin, TX, USA · Tesla Gigafactory Texas |
| Severity | S2 (minor injury or single-unit damage) |
| Scale | 1 injury |
| Confidence | high |
| Verification | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
| Source | Washington Times |
An engineer working on a bank of robot arms at Tesla's Giga Texas plant was pinned against a wall by a KUKA robot arm that had not been fully powered down, leaving him bleeding from the back and hand; a co-worker hit an e-stop to free him. Disclosed via Tesla's OSHA Form 300 injury log obtained by reporters in Dec 2023.