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Manufacturing

This industry includes entities that use mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components to create new products. Included are entities that assemble component parts of manufactured products. Sector index 5.1/100 · 41 incidents · 26 companies with incidents of 1161 tracked.

Sub-sectors

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 20Computers and Electronics Manufacturing 0

Robot types involved

Industrial arm 10Lunar lander 6Satellite servicing 5Automation operator / site 5ADAS 4Automation operator 2Orbital transfer vehicle 2Cobot 1Conveyor 1Space arm 1Humanoid 1Debris removal 1Drone 1Warehouse system 1

Most-involved companies

Unattributed (South Korea)XiaomiKatalyst Space TechnologiesMitsubishi Electric (Automation)MomentusTeslaFANUCKUKA

Incidents

41 of 41 incidents
SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S127 Aug 2026Mitsubishi Electric (Automation) cyber WorldwideCISA updates Mitsubishi Electric CNC Series advisory for denial-of-service vulnerability · multiple CNC Series controller versions CISA ICS advisory ICSA-2
S127 Aug 2026Mitsubishi Electric (Automation) cyber WorldwideCISA updates Mitsubishi Electric Multiple FA Products denial-of-service advisory · multiple factory automation product versions CISA ICS advisory ICSA-2
S419 Aug 2026Katalyst Space Technologies mission-loss Earth orbitNASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure · 1 spacecraft (Link) Bloomberg
S4~Jul 2026Katalyst Space Technologies malfunction —Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescue Mission) Ars Technica
S508 May 2026Unattributed (South Korea) fatality Haman, Gyeongnam, South KoreaWorker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory 세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스
S508 Apr 2026Unattributed (South Korea) fatality Haman, Gyeongnam, South KoreaWorker entangled and killed by machinery at Haman auto parts factory 에너지안전신문
S431 Jan 2026Unattributed (South Korea) injury Yeosu, South KoreaWorker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex 여수넷통뉴스
S422 Dec 2025JAXA mission-loss JapanJapanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite Space.com / Asahi
S513 Oct 2025Xiaomi fatality Chengdu, ChinaFatal Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Crash in Chengdu Linked to Automated Driving and Door Lock Failure · 1 vehicle, 1 fatality Bloomberg
S513 Oct 2025Xiaomi fire Chengdu, ChinaFatal Xiaomi SU7 Ultra fire after crash in Chengdu raises questions over self-driving feature South China Morning Post
S517 Sep 2025Palermo's Pizza fatality Milwaukee, WI, USAWorker killed by robotic machine at Milwaukee pizza plant · 1 fatality WISN / Fox News
S216 Sep 2025Northrop Grumman disruption —NASA, Northrop Grumman postpone Cygnus XL arrival to ISS following propulsion issue · Cygnus XL cargo mission Google News aggregated
S405 Jun 2025ispace mission-loss Mare Frigoris, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 2 (Resilience) lander crashes on second lunar landing attempt · 1 lander, total loss NASA
S529 Mar 2025Xiaomi fatality ChinaFiery Xiaomi SU7 crash kills three TechNode
S529 Mar 2025Xiaomi fatality Anhui Province, ChinaXiaomi SU7 on NOA (automated driving) collides with highway barrier, kills three · 3 fatalities CarNewsChina
S406 Mar 2025Intuitive Machines mission-loss Mons Mouton, MoonIM-2 Athena lander topples over in shadowed crater, mission ends early · 1 lander, total mission loss SpaceNews
S5~Jan 2025Unattributed (South Korea) fatality Jinju, South KoreaWorker in his 50s killed by robot arm at Jinju auto parts factory 중앙일보
S119 Aug 2024Kinova Robotics recall —Kinova Jaco assistive robotic arm - FDA Class I correction for fire/burn hazard · All lots/serial numbers of affected Jaco arm models FDA Medical Device Recal
S5~Aug 2024Dearborn Mid-West fatality —Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guarding · 1 worker Detroit News
S522 May 2024Unattributed (South Korea) fatality Cheonan, South Chungcheong, South KoreaForeign worker killed by industrial robot during coating operation at Cheonan auto parts factory 세이프티퍼스트닷뉴스
S422 May 2024Space Machines Company mission-loss —Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite lost after communications failure · Optimus-1 orbital servicing satellite psnews.com.au
S5~Apr 2024Katcon fatality Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, MexicoWorker killed by industrial robot at Santa Catarina plant · 1 worker killed MILENIO / N+ / Proceso
S401 Mar 2024Maxar Space mission-loss —NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance · 1 program, ~$2B mission cancelled CNBC
S422 Feb 2024Intuitive Machines mission-loss lunar south pole, MoonIM-1 Odysseus lander tips over on lunar touchdown · 1 lander Space.com
S409 Jan 2024Astrobotic mission-loss —Peregrine lunar lander propellant leak forces abandonment of Moon landing · 1 lander, total mission loss Spaceflight Now
S422 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAFormer factory worker sues Tesla after robotic arm knocks him unconscious Manufacturing Dive
S322 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAOptimus robot allegedly pins and injures Fremont plant worker · 1 unit / 1 worker injured CBS8
S412 Jun 2023Starfish Space mission-loss —Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space's docking test mission · 1 spacecraft (Otter Pup / LEO Pathfinder) GeekWire
S425 Apr 2023ispace mission-loss Atlas crater, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashes into Moon · 1 lander, total loss ispace
S314 Jun 2022Momentus malfunction —Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch · 1 vehicle (Vigoride) Spaceflight Now
S2~Jan 2022Astroscale malfunction —Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly SpaceNews
S210 Nov 2021KUKA injury Austin, TX, USAKUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas · 1 injury Washington Times
S131 Aug 2021FANUC cyber —CISA advisory: buffer overflow / integer coercion vulnerabilities in FANUC robot controllers · FANUC robot controller product line CISA ICS-CERT
S127 Jul 2021KUKA cyber —CISA advisory: hard-coded credentials in KUKA KR C4 robot controller (CVSS 9.8) · KUKA KR C4 controller product line CISA ICS-CERT
S313 Jul 2021Momentus regulatory —Stable Road and Momentus reach SEC settlement over false claims SpaceNews
S3~Dec 2019Safran crash —Safran works to correct Patroller UAV after December crash FlightGlobal
S2~May 2017ABB cyber —Researchers demonstrate remote hack of ABB IRB140 industrial robot causing unsafe physical movement · 1 robot (research demonstration) Help Net Security
S425 Apr 2017SSI Schaefer malfunction Lebedyan, Lipetsk Oblast, RussiaRacking/crane system collapse at PepsiCo-owned Lebedyansky juice plant (Russia) · 1 storage facility; 28+ million liters of product lost TASS
S507 Jul 2015Nachi-Fujikoshi fatality —Wanda Holbrook killed by robot at Ventra Ionia Mainstamping plant · 1 fatality Manufacturing.net
S507 Jul 2015FANUC fatality Ionia, MI, USAMaintenance technician crushed to death by robot at Ventra Ionia auto-parts plant · 1 fatality Manufacturing.net
S504 Jul 1981Kawasaki Robotics fatality Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant, Akashi, JapanKenji Urada killed by Kawasaki-built robot at Akashi plant (landmark robot fatality) · 1 fatality Wikipedia
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