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Dearborn Mid-West

Products: conveyor, integrator. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 42.3/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 9 among Warehouse automation companies with incidents (276 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record consists of a single fatality event: a worker crushed by a conveyor system at a Jeep plant, cited for lack of pinch-point guarding. Severity is at the top of the scale (5), and the failure mode is unguarded mechanical hazard, a recognized exposure category in warehouse-automation material-handling systems. Dearborn Mid-West's index of 42.3 ranks 3 of 9 companies in Warehouse automation with incident history. The record is a single occupational-fatality event rather than a recurring pattern, and no trajectory can be inferred from one row.

Risk index

42.3/100RobotRisk index
37.7/100Median index across the 9 Warehouse automation companies with incident history (276 tracked, 267 with none)
3 of 9Rank in Warehouse automation (of 9 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
fatality1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S5~Aug 2024 fatality Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guarding · 1 worker Detroit News
S5 ~Aug 2024 · fatality · Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guarding
Location not specified1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S5~Aug 2024Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guardingDetroit News

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