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Tesla worker injured [in 2021] by robot that 'pinned' him to wall with its claws at car company's Texas factory (news.sky.com)

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given the scrutiny around Tesla, it's interesting this story doesn't seem to have come out sooner since this is a fairly novel workplace accident

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The robot "pushed its claws" into the man's body and drew blood from his back and arm, two witnesses told US technology website The Information.

After another worker hit the emergency stop button, the engineer managed to escape the robot's grasp and fell down a chute designed to collect scrap metal, "leaving a trail of blood behind him", one of the witnesses said.

The incident happened when the engineer was programming the software that controls the robots, which cut car parts from aluminium, The Information reported.

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The Texas site has been Tesla's global headquarters since 2021, when chief executive Elon Musk announced he was shifting the company's home from California.

Musk's SpaceX rocket company also has a launch site at the state's southern tip, and he moved to Texas in 2020.

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