Robot incidents in 2015

8 verified incidents on file for 2015. Each entry is classified, source-attributed, and append-only; corrections and retractions are recorded on the record.

• Two workers killed in transformer accident at SPX Transformer Solutions plant in Goldsboro, NC2015-11-30 · fatality
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci 30-degree 8mm Endoscope over risk of patient harm from monopolar energy2015-11-23 · recall
• Two stonemasons drowned in Limerick when PALFINGER crane's overload protection system failed2015-08-29 · fatality
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci Fundus Grasper over jaws that can become stuck closed2015-08-08 · recall
• Maintenance tech Wanda Holbrook killed when assembly-line robotics activated during service, Ionia MI (2015)2015-07-07 · injury
• Contractor crushed by a stationary assembly robot at Volkswagen's Baunatal plant, Germany (2015)2015-07-01 · injury
• Out-of-control DJI Phantom 3 hits a building and falls into the crowd at the Seattle Pride parade, knocking a woman unconscious2015-06-28 · injury
• Large-scale fire at GE Appliances' Appliance Park manufacturing complex in Louisville, KY2015-04-03 · property_damage