LAFAYETTE, Ala. (AP) — An auto parts manufacturer has admitted to violating safety standards before a worker was crushed to death by a robotic machine.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that Ajin USA entered a guilty plea to the criminal charge. A judge order the company to pay $1.5 million.
Twenty-year-old Regina Allen Elsea was killed in 2006 at the Ajin USA plant in Cusseta, Alabama. Elsea had entered a robotic station to clear a sensor fault when the robot abruptly restarted and crushed her. She died of her injuries.
A separate wrongful death lawsuit filed by Elsea's family is ongoing.