Unattributed (South Korea)
Robot types: Automation operator / site. Risk band: Critical RobotRisk index 77.5/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · no documented incidents among Other companies with incidents (142 tracked).
Analyst brief
This category record contains five events spanning May 2024 to May 2026: four fatalities and one severe injury, all occurring at industrial or auto-parts manufacturing sites in South Korea. Three of the five fatalities involve workers struck, entangled, or crushed by robot arms or machinery presumed stopped at the time, and the pattern recurs across at least four separate facilities (Haman, Yeosu, Jinju, Cheonan) over roughly two years. Unattributed (South Korea) has no documented incidents and is not ranked within Other. This is a systemic, multi-site pattern rather than a single event, with fatalities recurring at a rate of roughly one every four to twelve months across the observed period.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Other
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 type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Automation operator / site | 100% | 1 of 13 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
Unique incident list
5 unique incidents on file for this company.
S5 08 May 2026 · fatality · Worker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | 08 May 2026 | Worker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory | 세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스 |
S5 08 Apr 2026 · fatality · Worker entangled and killed by machinery at Haman auto parts factory
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | 08 Apr 2026 | Worker entangled and killed by machinery at Haman auto parts factory | 에너지안전신문 |
S4 31 Jan 2026 · injury · Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 31 Jan 2026 | Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex | 여수넷통뉴스 |
S5 ~Jan 2025 · fatality · Worker in his 50s killed by robot arm at Jinju auto parts factory
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | ~Jan 2025 | Worker in his 50s killed by robot arm at Jinju auto parts factory | 중앙일보 |
S5 22 May 2024 · fatality · Foreign worker killed by industrial robot during coating operation at Cheonan auto parts factory
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | 22 May 2024 | Foreign worker killed by industrial robot during coating operation at Cheonan auto parts factory | 세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스 |
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