KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas
S2 · not documented · KUKA · Austin, TX, USA
Record
| Company | KUKA |
| Industry | Machinery OEM |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | not documented (date not documented) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Austin, TX, USA · Tesla Gigafactory Texas |
| Severity | (minor injury or single-unit damage) |
| Scale | 1 injury |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
An engineer working on a bank of robot arms at Tesla's Giga Texas plant was pinned against a wall by a KUKA robot arm that had not been fully powered down, leaving him bleeding from the back and hand; a co-worker hit an e-stop to free him. Disclosed via Tesla's OSHA Form 300 injury log obtained by reporters in Dec 2023.
Primary source
Publisher: Washington Times · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| not documented | KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas | Washington Times | Washington Times |
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