Investigation into Critical Bear Spray Incident at Amazon Warehouse: A Case Study in Responsible AI and Safe AI Practices

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently investigating a bear spray incident at an Amazon warehouse, which left a worker critically injured. This AI incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI, safe and secure AI practices, and the role of Project Cerebellum's Govern function in Harm Prevention. Stay informed about AI governance by joining us.JOIN US. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/2

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.