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Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex
S4 · 31 Jan 2026 · Unattributed (South Korea) · Yeosu, South Korea
Record
| Company | Unattributed (South Korea) |
| Industry | Other |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | 31 Jan 2026 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Yeosu, South Korea |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A subcontractor worker in his 40s was checking stalled packaging robot equipment alone at a factory in Yeosu National Industrial Complex when the robot restarted and trapped his chest between the robot and a conveyor belt, leaving him unconscious.
Primary source
Publisher: 여수넷통뉴스 (Yeosu Net Tong News) · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2026 | Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex | 여수넷통뉴스 (Yeosu Net Tong News) | 여수넷통뉴스 |
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