Bear Repellent Incident at New Jersey Amazon Warehouse Affects 55 Employees

An unexpected discharge of bear repellent in an Amazon warehouse located in Newark, N.J., resulted in the treatment of 55 workers. The incident highlights the importance of responsible AI in ensuring safe and secure working environments.

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MANAGE 4.1 — similarity 0.551, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.540, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.2 — similarity 0.538, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

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.

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