2019 incidents

16 documented incidents where year is 2019, across 13 companies, 2019. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic).

16Unique incidents

13Companies involved

S5Highest severity

75%Verified

12%From regulators

2019Years covered

Incident list

Sev	Date	Company	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S3	~Dec 2019	Safran	crash	—	Safran works to correct Patroller UAV after December crash	FlightGlobal
S2	~Oct 2019	Starship	shutdown	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Starship robots pulled from University of Pittsburgh over accessibility/safety hazard · fleet at one campus	TribLIVE / WESA / Pittsb
S3	~Oct 2019	LG Energy Solution	fire	—	South Korea ESS fires linked predominantly to LG Chem/LG Energy Solution battery cells · 17 of 27 national ESS fire incidents	ETNews / Korea Times
S3	19 Sep 2019	EnerSys	fire	Richmond, KY, USA	Fire at EnerSys Richmond, Kentucky motive-power battery plant · 1 manufacturing facility, ~$46.1M insured loss	EnerSys SEC 8-K filing
S2	30 Jul 2019	Matternet	crash	Bern, Switzerland	Drone crash near kids leads Swiss Post and Matternet to suspend autonomous deliveries · 2 drone crashes	TechCrunch
S3	29 Jul 2019	Motek Medical	recall	—	FDA Class II recall: Body Weight Support (BWS) Light; Model No. RB011; a component of C-Mil · Body Weight Support (BWS) Light; Model No. RB011; a componen	openFDA enforcement
S3	~Jul 2019	Alauda Aeronautics	crash	Gatwick Airport, England, UK	Out-of-control Airspeeder racing drone entered Gatwick controlled airspace after kill switch failed · 1 racing drone	BBC
S5	25 Apr 2019	Tesla	fatality	FL, USA	Fatal Autopilot crash (2019 Key Largo crash) - Tesla later hit with $243M jury verdict	NBC News
S4	19 Apr 2019	LG Energy Solution	fire	Surprise, AZ, USA	APS McMicken (Surprise, AZ) battery explosion injures four firefighters · 1 site, 4 firefighters injured	IEEE Spectrum
S4	~Apr 2019	Fluence	fire	Surprise, AZ, USA	APS McMicken (Surprise, AZ) battery explosion injures four firefighters · 1 site, 4 firefighters injured	Energy-Storage.News
S3	06 Mar 2019	Procept BioRobotics	recall	—	FDA Class II recall: AquaBeam Handpiece, Sterile EO, Rx Only, REF: 310301, and 320301, a co · AquaBeam Handpiece, Sterile EO, Rx Only, REF: 310301, and 32	openFDA enforcement
S3	28 Feb 2019	SFMTA	outage	San Francisco, CA, USA	Automated Train Control System central computer failure halts subway communications · systemwide, all subway trains (~40 trains), ~70 minutes	SFMTA
S4	05 Feb 2019	Ocado Intelligent Automation	fire	Andover, England, UK	Andover 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
S3	04 Jan 2019	Monteris Medical	recall	—	Monteris Medical had a serious recall	Medical Design & Outsour
S3	01 Jan 2019	Alauda Aeronautics	regulatory	UK	Airspeeder demonstrator crash prompts AAIB probe of 'poor design and build quality' · 1 demonstrator drone	aerospacetestinginternat
S2	~Jan 2019	Matternet	crash	Switzerland	Matternet Drone Carrying Clinical Lab Specimens Crashes into Lake Zurich · 1 drone	Dark Daily

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