A worker at a Volkswagen factory in Germany has died, after a robot grabbed him and crushed him against a metal plate.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old man died in hospital after the accident at a plant in Baunatal, 100km north of Frankfurt.<\/p>\n
He was working as part of a team of contractors installing the robot when it grabbed him, according to the German car manufacturer.<\/p>\n
Heiko Hillwig, from Volkswagen, blamed “human error” rather than the robot.<\/p>\n
He said: “It [robot] can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process.<\/p>\n
“It normally operates within a confined area at the plant, grabbing auto parts and manipulating them.”<\/p>\n
Another contractor was there at the time when the accident happened, on Monday, but wasn’t harmed,<\/p>\n
He declined to give any more details about the case, citing an “ongoing investigation”.<\/p>\n
German news agency dpa reported that prosecutors were now investigating and deciding who to prosecute.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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