Robot‐Related Workers' Compensation Claims in Ohio, 2001–2020
Robotics is rapidly evolving to remove workers from hazardous environments and reduce risks from hazardous, repetitive, and manual tasks, but it may introduce new workplace hazards. There is a need to study robot-related injuries, identify high-risk exposures, and develop sector- or application-specific comprehensive safety approaches for safer implementation of robots in the workplace.
Authors
- Marvin H. Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7908-3635)
- Justin M. Haney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8841-6670)
- Hugo E. Camargo
- Mike Lampl
- Srinivas Konda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-4111)
- Steven J. Wurzelbacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-8239)
- Darlene Weaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8750-3927)
- Alysha R. Meyers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6402-0145)
- Vaishakhi Suresh
- Steven J Naber
Institutions
- Electric Power Research Institute (US)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US)
- Ohio Department of Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.70067
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00