When a new chest is placed, it is trying to access the user/robot that placed it, but for some reason it is not placed by anyone/anything.
Do you know how exactly they are being placed when the error occurs? Anything out of the ordinary? Is it not placed by a player or a robot?
Are you using any other mods to place down the chest?
Are you placing a 1x1 chest, or longer chests that are spawned in as items?