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Optimus robot allegedly pins and injures Fremont plant worker

S3 · · Tesla · Fremont, CA, USA

Record

CompanyTesla
Categoryav trucking
Typeinjury
Date
Time of daynot documented
LocationFremont, CA, USA · Tesla Fremont Factory
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 unit / 1 worker injured
Confidencemedium
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceCBS8

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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.

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