Tesla Robot Apparently Attacked Engineers at Texas Giga Car Assembly Plant
In an old and little-known incident, a Tesla engineer was once the victim of a brutal and bloody robot attack at the company's Texas Giga factory near Austin.
Two witnesses watched in horror as their co-worker was attacked by a robot designed to pick up and remove car parts from freshly molded aluminum.
The robot grabbed the man, who was programming software for two nearby deformed Tesla robots before its metal claws dug into the worker's back and arms.
The case was reported by the Daily Mail on December 26, where they got this information from Hannah Alexander, a Workers Defense Project lawyer representing Giga Texas contract workers, who said Tesla even failed to report the death of a construction worker.
"There were many injured workers and there was one worker who died, whose injury or death was not listed in the report, Tesla should have completed and submitted accurately to the authorities for incentives," she explained.
The construction worker, a contractor named Antelmo RamÃrez, died of heat stroke while helping build Tesla's more than 2,000-acre Texas Giga plant, according to a report from the Travis County medical examiner.
Last year, the Workers Defense Project filed a complaint on behalf of workers at the Texas Giga plant with the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), alleging that Tesla contractors and subcontractors provided fake safety certificates to some workers.
Last year, the Workers Defense Project filed a complaint on behalf of workers at the Texas Giga plant with the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), alleging that Tesla contractors and subcontractors provided fake safety certificates to some workers.
"Workers reported that when they needed training, they were only sent PDF files or images of certificates via text message or WhatsApp within a few days. ' Alexander said it was impossible for workers to attend the required training.
Alexander's allegations about this have been refuted by Tesla.
But a report by the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal team found that the company misclassified several on-the-job accidents and injuries as 'private medical' cases to avoid state regulators.
California OSHA investigators, for example, found that Tesla omitted 36 injuries in required government reports in 2018 alone, confirming an earlier report by the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal team that found the company misclassified several on-the-job accidents and injuries as 'private medical' cases to avoid California regulators.
Before California OSHA's findings, Tesla had stated that Reveal's claims were 'completely false' and accused the group of secretly collaborating with workers who were then trying to form a union at Tesla's California car factory.
Back to the incident with the robot, the victim is said to have suffered an 'open wound' to his left hand, revealed in a 2021 injury report filed with Travis County authorities and federal regulators. However, in the case of this robot attack, a copy of Tesla's 2021 Annual Compliance Report for Giga Texas at least documents a bloody robot attack on a software engineer, albeit with minimal details.
While no other robot-related injuries were reported by Tesla at the Texas plant in 2021 or 2022, this incident comes amid growing concerns over the risks of automated robots in the workplace.
While no other robot-related injuries were reported by Tesla at the Texas plant in 2021 or 2022, this incident comes amid growing concerns over the risks of automated robots in the workplace.
