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Robot Palletizer (Dallas)

Robot types: Warehouse system. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 41.9/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 10 among Warehouse automation companies with incidents (926 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains a single entry: a February 2024 fatality in which a machine operator was crushed by a palletizer at a Schreiber Foods facility in Carthage, Missouri, rated severity 5, the maximum on the scale. This is a one-event record, so no volume or trend beyond the single fatality can be assessed. The record reflects a workplace fatality involving fixed automation equipment, consistent with the kind of finding typically subject to occupational safety investigation.

Risk index

41.9/100RobotRisk index
26.7/100Median index across the 10 Warehouse automation companies with incident history (926 tracked, 916 with none)
4 of 10Rank in Warehouse automation (of 10 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Products and robot types

Industries: Warehouse automation · Sectors: Warehousing and Storage

Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.

Robot typeShare of company riskRank within type
Warehouse system100%1 of 4

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~Feb 2024 fatality Carthage, MO, USAMachine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MO · 1 fatality, 1 palletizer OSHA
S5 ~Feb 2024 · fatality · Machine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MO
Carthage, MO, USA1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S5~Feb 2024Machine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MOOSHA

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