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Stellantis mechanic killed after bypass key defeated robot safety system

S5 · 04/2025 · Stellantis · Detroit, MI, USA

Record

CompanyStellantis
Categoryother
Typefatality
Date04/2025
Time of daynot documented
LocationDetroit, MI, USA
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceYahoo/OSHA reporting

What happened

A Stellantis mechanic died at a Detroit-area facility after a bypass key circumvented robot safety mechanisms, an issue OSHA had warned about for decades.

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