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Robot attacked Swedish factory worker - The Local
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http://www.thelocal.se/19120.html

A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.

Public prosecutor Leif Johansson mulled pressing charges against the firm but eventually opted to settle for a fine.

"I've never heard of a robot attacking somebody like this," he told news agency TT.

The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to lift heavy rocks. Thinking he had cut off the power supply, the man approached the robot with no sense of trepidation.

But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.

"The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life," said Leif Johansson.

The matter was subject to an investigation by both the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) and the police.

Prosecutor Johansson chastised the company for its inadequate safety procedures but he also placed part of the blame on the injured worker.
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Vette73

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" Thinking he had cut off the power supply,"


Sounds like he did not do his job right. I would fire him for not following correct procdures.
 
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PokerGuy

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Hey there machines... I could be helpful to you. I could help you understand how the feeble humans think so your efforts to subjugate them are more efficient ;)
 
BW86

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Originally posted by: Marlin1975
" Thinking he had cut off the power supply,"


Sounds like he did not do his job right.
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that what i thought also
 
SacrosanctFiend

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Originally posted by: Marlin1975
" Thinking he had cut off the power supply,"


Sounds like he did not do his job right. I would fire him for not following correct procdures.
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Whose to say that the company had established procedures or adequately trained the worker on said established procedures?

In fact, the article itself says the company had inadquate safety procedures.

Sounds like the company did not give its employees the tools to do their job right. I would sue them for not establishing and training on appropraite procedures.
 
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Vette73

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Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
" Thinking he had cut off the power supply,"


Sounds like he did not do his job right. I would fire him for not following correct procdures.
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Whose to say that the company had established procedures or adequately trained the worker on said established procedures?

In fact, the article itself says the company had inadquate safety procedures.

Sounds like the company did not give its employees the tools to do their job right. I would sue them for not establishing and training on appropraite procedures.
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True. Usually a company has guidelines for how to do things and this would be one. If the company did not train him correct and setup the correct procedures to do it then yea I would fault them.

Just it seems even if you were not told what to do, turning the power off would fall under common sense.
 
Squisher

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We used to have robots that put steel in and took it out of the induction heaters, so six robots were converging on on a single unit. I would tell people that I was going to throw them in there and the robots would pick them apart like plucking a chicken.

 
dainthomas

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Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
" Thinking he had cut off the power supply,"


Sounds like he did not do his job right. I would fire him for not following correct procdures.
Click to expand...

Whose to say that the company had established procedures or adequately trained the worker on said established procedures?

In fact, the article itself says the company had inadquate safety procedures.

Sounds like the company did not give its employees the tools to do their job right. I would sue them for not establishing and training on appropraite procedures.
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True. Usually a company has guidelines for how to do things and this would be one. If the company did not train him correct and setup the correct procedures to do it then yea I would fault them.

Just it seems even if you were not told what to do, turning the power off would fall under common sense.
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In his defense, they only have a 120 second reboot time. That's not very long to pull the chip (especially without procedures).
 
oiprocs

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I thought a robot attacked a fat worker. I was about to hate on the fatties for getting in the way.
 
acheron

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I'm not worried. We control their power supplies, after all.

Even if they work on solar power, we could always block out the sun. What could go wrong?
 
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