Three U.S. lawmakers are calling for greater scrutiny of worker safety at Elon Musk's SpaceX following a Reuters investigation that documented hundreds of injuries at the rocket company's U.S. manufacturing and launch sites.
  • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    What they should really be Investigating is why all of Elon’s companies have higher injury rates than others in their industry.

  • time_fo_that@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Elon works his employees to death, I have several friends that got hired by SpaceX and Tesla after we all graduated and they told me they often work 60-80 hour weeks on salary but that “they build cool shit” so it’s “worth it” lol.

  • SapphironZA@lemmings.world
    16·
    1 year ago

    The question is if SpaceX has more injuries compared to similar aerospace and construction businesses.

    Construction is a dangerous job.

    • s7ryph@kbin.social
      9·
      1 year ago

      From the article

      The Reuters report found that injury rates at three major SpaceX industrial facilities in Texas and California far exceeded the average for the space industry.

      • SapphironZA@lemmings.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        They are referral to space industry. I was wondering how that compares to the construction industry. SpaceX does a lot more construction than most space industry companies.

      • Squorlple@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        Elon: bans hi-vis safety colors from factories

        Elon when injury rates and severity increase:

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