Tesla robot attacks an engineer at company's Texas factory during violent malfunction - leaving 'trail of blood' and forcing workers to hit emergency shutdown button --Data show one in every 21 Giga Texas workers was injured on the job in 2022 --An attorney aiding contract laborers at the factory tells DailyMail.com that there's evidence Tesla under-reported accidents to state regulators | 26 Dec 2023 | A Tesla engineer was attacked by a robot during a brutal and bloody malfunction at the company's Giga Texas factory near Austin. Two witnesses watched in horror as their fellow employee was attacked by the machine designed to grab and move freshly cast aluminum car parts. The robot had pinned the man, who was then programming software for two disabled Tesla robots nearby, before sinking its metal claws into the worker's back and arm, leaving a "trail of blood" along the factory surface.