{"id":"6ca71a45-140e-47c6-887c-646b83b064f9","slug":"osha-ambrose-okura-palletizer-fatality-2021","kind":"fatality","headline":"OSHA: Worker crushed and killed by Okura robotic palletizer arm at Ambrose Sales (2021)","summary":"At about 3:30 p.m. on January 14, 2021, a 57-year-old employee at Ambrose Sales Inc. was working inside a robotic cell cage servicing an Okura robotic palletizer arm when he was struck by the arm and caught between the arm and the rollers. He was crushed and killed. OSHA accident investigation (inspection 1510311.015) noted inadequate lockout/tagout, machine-guarding deficiencies, and maintenance performed on an energized robotic system.","occurredAt":"2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","reviewStatus":"reviewed","modelId":null,"deploymentId":null,"companyId":null,"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"none","reviewNote":null,"severity":"catastrophic","rootCauseCategory":"maintenance_deficiency","rootCauseDetail":null,"affectedUnitsCount":1,"affectedUnitsBasis":"exact","remediationStatus":"acknowledged","regulatoryAction":"investigation","regulatoryBody":"OSHA","propertyDamageEstimateUsd":null,"damageEstimateBasis":null,"bodilyInjurySeverity":"fatal","fatalityCount":1,"lossCostClass":null,"sourceQualityTier":1,"createdAt":"2026-06-25T10:18:54.184Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-25T10:24:15.331Z","model":null,"deployment":null,"company":null,"derived":{"status":"active"},"sources":[],"responses":[],"statusEvents":[],"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/incidents/osha-ambrose-okura-palletizer-fatality-2021","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/incidents/osha-ambrose-okura-palletizer-fatality-2021","headline":"OSHA: Worker crushed and killed by Okura robotic palletizer arm at Ambrose Sales (2021)","description":"At about 3:30 p.m. on January 14, 2021, a 57-year-old employee at Ambrose Sales Inc. was working inside a robotic cell cage servicing an Okura robotic palletizer arm when he was struck by the arm and caught between the arm and the rollers. He was crushed and killed. OSHA accident investigation (inspection 1510311.015) noted inadequate lockout/tagout, machine-guarding deficiencies, and maintenance performed on an energized robotic system.","identifier":"6ca71a45-140e-47c6-887c-646b83b064f9","datePublished":"2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","articleSection":"fatality","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"},"author":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"claimed-not-verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":0,"primary_source_types":[]}}}