A software engineer at Tesla’s Giga Texas factory was attacked by a robot after it malfunctioned, leaving a trail of blood on the floor, according to a report. The incident took place in 2021 but was recently spoken about by witnesses who recounted the experience to the Information.
According to the report, the engineer was coding software to oversee robots tasked with cutting car parts from newly cast aluminum pieces.
Two of the robots were intentionally disabled to allow the engineer and the crew to perform maintenance, but a third one was inadvertently left operational.
The machine, designed for handling aluminum car parts, clamped its metal claws into the engineer’s back and arm, causing significant bleeding, the report stated.
The attack left the engineer with an open wound on his left hand, but despite the severity of the incident, it was reported that he did not take any time off work.
The injury report filed with federal and Travis County health authorities detailed the injuries as a “laceration, cut or open wound.” Tesla has not provided a comment on the matter.
