A 50-year-old hit by an auto parts factory robot's arm kills him.

Police have launched an investigation after a 50-year-old man was killed by a robot arm while working at an auto parts factory.

At around 5:50 p.m. yesterday (14th), a man in his 50s was taken to a hospital after being seriously injured by a robot arm at an auto parts manufacturing plant in Sangpyeong-dong, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, but died.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident, believing that A was hit by a robot arm while trying to clean up the iron powder around the parts manufacturing machine.