A worker operating an automatic die-cast system died after being crushed between the back end of an industrial robot and a steel safety pole. The hydraulic robot had been installed in an existing production line to remove die-cast parts from a die-cast machine and to transfer these parts to a trimmer. The victim had 15 years of experience in die-casting and had completed a training course in robotics three weeks before the fatal incident. He had entered the working range apparently to clean up scrap metal from the floor. Despite training and warnings not to do so, he had crossed a safety […]
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