Fatality at Indian Car Parts Factory: A Tragic Incident Highlighting the Need for Responsible AI Governance

July 2, 2015

A recent incident at SKH Metals Factory in Manesar, India underscores the urgent need for safe and secure AI. The factory robot, intended to assist workers, pierced 24-year-old Ramji Lal as he reached behind the machine to dislodge a piece of metal. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
skh-metals
Alleged developer
unknown
Alleged harmed parties
ramji-lal

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/69

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.

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