A man in South Korea died Tuesday after a robot was said to have mistaken him for a box and crushed him against a conveyor belt, police have said.

A man in South Korea was crushed to death by a robot that may have mistaken him for a box, according to reports.

The victim, a worker in his 40s, was inspecting the robot’s sensor at a vegetable-packaging plant on Tuesday when the incident took place. The warehouse is located in South Gyeongsand province, a region in the south of the country.