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Verified robot incidents

Every recorded robot incident in the DEPLOY registry. Collisions, injuries, fatalities, recalls, regulatory actions. Each one tied to a real deployment, model, or company, and sourced.

This is the sourced accountability record, not a safety essay. Every incident below names a subject and cites at least one source. Injury and fatality entries require at least two independent sources before they enter this index. Retracted entries are excluded from this listing and remain reachable at their canonical URLs with the retraction recorded. How we verify →

Definitions: see the glossary.

See also: all verified deployments, verified robotaxis, humanoid companies.

367
Verified incidents
123
Affected operators
38
Collisions
63
Injuries / fatalities
133
Recalls
63
Regulatory actions

24 of 367 incidents shown. Sort by severity to surface fatality / injury / recall first.

ProvenanceHeadlineKindDateSubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla driver charged with manslaughter in Katy crash was Googling 'FSD too timid'Fatality2026-07-03Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla FSD driver charged with manslaughter after fatal crash into Texas home kills 76-year-old residentFatality2026-07-02Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla Semi involved in first fatal crash, killing 2 in NevadaFatality2026-06-30Semi1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDFirst recorded Tesla Semi fatal crash kills two people in NevadaFatality2026-06-28Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla driver charged with manslaughter after FSD crash into Texas home kills womanFatality2026-06-19Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: 18-year-old machine operator killed by robotic arm during sensor maintenance (2024)Fatality2024-12-020
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker crushed to death by robotic arm inside conveyor cage at Markman Peat Corp (2024)Fatality2024-02-220
DEPLOY VERIFIEDEmployee electrocuted when forklift contacted overhead power lines at FMC Technologies facilityFatality2024-01-24Gemini ROV1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla Model Y on FSD struck and killed pedestrian Johna Story on Arizona highway, first known FSD pedestrian fatalityFatality2023-11-28Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPatient death during Epione-assisted liver cancer ablation procedure in FranceFatality2023-11-10Epione1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker fatally crushed by spot-welding robot during maintenance at Unipres Southeast (2022)Fatality2022-09-010
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker crushed and killed by Okura robotic palletizer arm at Ambrose Sales (2021)Fatality2021-01-140
DEPLOY VERIFIEDJBT AeroTech employee killed by exploding jet bridge tire at John Wayne AirportFatality2019-02-12JBT Automated Guided Vehicles1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDSchneider National driver fatal crash on I-285, Georgia, resulting in $47M verdictFatality2017-08-17Schneider National1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Temporary worker Regina Elsea crushed to death by assembly-line robot at Ajin USA auto-parts plant (2016)Fatality2016-06-180
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Maintenance worker struck and killed by robotic drilling/tapping machine at Martinrea Hopkinsville (2013)Fatality2013-03-070
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker struck from behind and killed by transfer robot inside work cell at Sodecia Sterling Heights (2012)Fatality2012-12-150
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker crushed by robotic palletizer arms after entering active cell at Golden State Foods (2009)Fatality2009-07-210
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTwo workers killed in SembCorp Marine shipyard accidentFatality2007-09-14Sembcorp Industries1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker struck by robotic arm while troubleshooting injection-molding machine, later dies, at Lenco (2007)Fatality2007-05-130
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker crushed between robotic arm and workstation frame at Alliance Tech Systems (2006)Fatality2006-07-240
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker killed by industrial robot after entering barricaded work cell at Getrag (2004)Fatality2004-03-300
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Heat-treat operator caught and killed by robotic lifting arm between oven and quench tank at Keihin IPT (2003)Fatality2003-12-130
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOSHA: Worker asphyxiated after robot started up in un-locked-out cell at JR Wheel (2001)Fatality2001-12-290