The first documented case of a robot-related fatality in the United States occurs on July 21, 1984. An automotive worker in Michigan is found pinned between an automated die-casting industrial robot and a 4-inch-diameter steel safety pole used to restrict undesired arm movement by the robot. The worker suffers cardiopulmonary arrest after the robot stalls and applies sustained pressure to his chest.
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