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Unattributed (South Korea)

Products: unattributed. Risk band: Critical   RobotRisk index 77.7/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · no documented incidents among Other companies with incidents (53 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

77.7/100RobotRisk index
23.5/100Median index across the 45 Other companies with incident history (53 tracked, 8 with none)
No documented incidentsRank in Other (of 45 with incident history)
CriticalRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
fatality480%
injury120%

Unique incident list

5 unique incidents on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S508 May 2026 fatality Haman, Gyeongnam, South KoreaWorker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory 세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스
S508 Apr 2026 fatality Haman, Gyeongnam, South KoreaWorker entangled and killed by machinery at Haman auto parts factory 에너지안전신문
S431 Jan 2026 injury Yeosu, South KoreaWorker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex 여수넷통뉴스
S5~Jan 2025 fatality Jinju, South KoreaWorker in his 50s killed by robot arm at Jinju auto parts factory 중앙일보
S522 May 2024 fatality Cheonan, South Chungcheong, South KoreaForeign worker killed by industrial robot during coating operation at Cheonan auto parts factory 세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스
S5 08 May 2026 · fatality · Worker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory
Haman, Gyeongnam, South Korea1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S508 May 2026Worker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스
S5 08 Apr 2026 · fatality · Worker entangled and killed by machinery at Haman auto parts factory
Haman, Gyeongnam, South Korea1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S508 Apr 2026Worker entangled and killed by machinery at Haman auto parts factory에너지안전신문
S4 31 Jan 2026 · injury · Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex
Yeosu, South Korea1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S431 Jan 2026Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex여수넷통뉴스
S5 ~Jan 2025 · fatality · Worker in his 50s killed by robot arm at Jinju auto parts factory
Jinju, South Korea1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S5~Jan 2025Worker in his 50s killed by robot arm at Jinju auto parts factory중앙일보
S5 22 May 2024 · fatality · Foreign worker killed by industrial robot during coating operation at Cheonan auto parts factory
Cheonan, South Chungcheong, South Korea1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S522 May 2024Foreign worker killed by industrial robot during coating operation at Cheonan auto parts factory세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스

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