S3 · · Tesla · Fremont, CA, USA
| Company | Tesla |
| Category | av trucking |
| Type | injury |
| Date | |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Fremont, CA, USA · Tesla Fremont Factory |
| Severity | S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 1 unit / 1 worker injured |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
| Source | CBS8 |
A Tesla engineer at the Fremont plant claims in a lawsuit that an Optimus humanoid robot unexpectedly activated during a maintenance shift, knocked him unconscious, and pinned him under an estimated 8,000 lbs of counterbalance weight, causing shoulder, neck and back injuries.