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OSHA: Worker fatally crushed by spot-welding robot during maintenance at Unipres Southeast (2022)

At about 9:15 p.m. on September 1, 2022, a 27-year-old precision assembler at Unipres Southeast U.S.A., Inc. was placing welding tips into a welding-tip cartridge for a spot-welding robot when the robot activated and fatally crushed him. The equipment had not been properly secured with lockout procedures. OSHA accident investigation, inspection 1619852.015.

Occurred 2022-09-01 · Investigated by OSHA

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  1. https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=1619852.015
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/2024/https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/accidentsearch.accident_detail?id=149420.015

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What happened in OSHA: Worker fatally crushed by spot-welding robot during maintenance at Unipres Southeast (2022)?
At about 9:15 p.m. on September 1, 2022, a 27-year-old precision assembler at Unipres Southeast U.S.A., Inc. was placing welding tips into a welding-tip cartridge for a spot-welding robot when the robot activated and fatally crushed him. The equipment had not been properly secured with lockout procedures. OSHA accident investigation, inspection 1619852.015.
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The incident is recorded as occurring on September 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. The date reflects the underlying real-world event, not the registry record's creation date.
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What is the current status of OSHA: Worker fatally crushed by spot-welding robot during maintenance at Unipres Southeast (2022)?
This incident is an active record on the DEPLOY registry; no retraction or correction has been issued.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22

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Last reviewed 2026-07-22

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