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Amazon Robot Puts Human Workers in Hospital

posted by martyb on Friday December 07 2018, @06:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-smell-was...un-bear-able dept.

MostCynical writes:

The Guardian reports that an Amazon robot has set off bear repellant, putting 24 workers in hospital.

Twenty-four employees at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey were taken to hospital after a robot accidentally punctured a can of bear repellant.

The 255g can containing concentrated capsaicin, a compound in chilli peppers, was punctured by an automated machine after it fell off a shelf, according to local media.

The incident happened on Wednesday at a warehouse in Robbinsville, New Jersey, on the outskirts of Trenton.

The staff were taken to hospital "as a precaution".

The robot has not been approached for comment.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @08:48AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @08:48AM (#771080)

    So was this before or after this week's South Park episode?

  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @09:35AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @09:35AM (#771089)

    South Park has been off the air for 15 years.