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Warehouse automation

276 tracked companies; 9 companies with incident history, 17 unique documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks industry median where nonzero. All industries.

Analyst brief

Warehouse automation carries 16 incidents across 8 of 273 tracked companies, a 3-percent record rate on the largest company population in the dataset. Malfunction (4), fatality (3), fire (3), crash (2), and injury (2) form a mixed type profile with no single dominant failure mode. Severity skews toward the higher end, with 13 of 16 entries at tiers 3 through 5 and only 3 at tier 2, indicating a record weighted toward consequential rather than minor events despite the category's low overall coverage. Amazon and Ocado Intelligent Automation head the named entities, consistent with incident volume concentrating among the largest-scale automated fulfillment operators.

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Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Industry percentileBandIncidents
Amazon
56.1
100% High 8
Geek+
48.8
100% High 1
Robot Palletizer (Dallas)
42.3
99% Elevated 1
Dearborn Mid-West
42.3
99% Elevated 1
Ocado Intelligent Automation
37.7
98% Elevated 2
Attabotics
26.9
98% Elevated 1
Dematic
19.1
98% Elevated 1
SSI Schaefer
10.6
98% Low 1
MHS Global
3.9
97% Low 1

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S229 Jul 2026Amazon crash Darlington, England, UKAmazon Prime Air delivery drone crashes into garden in Darlington · 1 drone BBC
S3~Nov 2025Amazon malfunction Waco, TX, USAAmazon Prime Air drone severs cable in Waco, Texas, prompting FAA probe CNBC
S201 Oct 2025Amazon crash USAAmazon Prime Air drones crash, federal investigation opened · 2 drones 20 Minutes
S2~May 2025Amazon malfunction Tolleson, AZ, USAAmazon delivery drone makes crash landing at Tolleson apartment complex · single MK30 delivery drone azfamily.com
S316 Dec 2024Amazon malfunction Pendleton, OR, USAAmazon Prime Air delivery drones crash after backup rain/landing sensor removed from MK30 design · MK30 delivery drone fleet New York Post / Bloomber
S5~Sep 2024Geek+ fatality Ravenhall, Victoria, AustraliaWorker fatally crushed by Geek+ automated robot at Myer Ravenhall distribution centre; WorkSafe Victoria charges Myer and GeekPlus Australia · 1 fatality WorkSafe Victoria
S5~Aug 2024Dearborn Mid-West fatality Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guarding · 1 worker Detroit News
S5~Feb 2024Robot Palletizer (Dallas) fatality Carthage, MO, USAMachine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MO · 1 fatality, 1 palletizer OSHA
S415 Mar 2023Attabotics fire Brampton, Ontario, CanadaFire at Canadian Tire distribution centre running Attabotics robotic storage system · 1 facility, $67.7M in reported costs BetaKit
S3~Jul 2021Ocado Intelligent Automation fire Erith, London, UKErith fulfilment centre fire after three-bot collision on the grid · 3 robots involved; <1% of grid damaged; site handles up to 150,000 orders/week The Register
S3~Sep 2020Amazon injury Reveal investigation: Amazon's robotic fulfillment centers have higher serious injury rates · 23 fulfillment centers analyzed AI Incident Database
S4~Dec 2018Amazon injury Robbinsville, NJ, USARobot punctures bear repellent can, sickens dozens of warehouse workers · 1 robot/incident, 24 hospitalized NPR
S425 Apr 2017SSI Schaefer malfunction Lebedyan, Lipetsk Oblast, RussiaRacking/crane system collapse at PepsiCo-owned Lebedyansky juice plant (Russia) · 1 storage facility; 28+ million liters of product lost TASS
S509 Aug 2016Dematic fatality Brampton, ON, CanadaWorker killed pinned by mobile work platform during Dematic conveyor installation · 1 fatality, 1 site Manufacturing AUTOMATION
S3~Oct 2015MHS Global regulatory OSHA cites MHS Technical Services for fall and fire hazards at UPS conveyor installation · single facility installation U.S. Department of Labor
S4not documentedOcado Intelligent Automation fire Andover, England, UKAndover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault · 1 full customer fulfilment centre destroyed; facility handled ~30,000 deliveries/week Hampshire Fire and Rescu
S3not documentedAmazon regulatory Federal OSHA cites Amazon for ergonomic hazards tied to robotic/automated pace of work · 3+ facilities cited, up to $46,875 in penalties CNBC

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