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.
  • @DoomBot5English
    4•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
    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.

  • @[email protected]
    -9•1 year ago

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

    Construction is a dangerous job.

    • s7ryph
      18•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.

      • @SquorlpleEnglish
        9•1 year ago

        Elon: bans hi-vis safety colors from factories

        Elon when injury rates and severity increase:

        https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a822a1cd-2bc1-4901-b1e9-5e779e44b3d6.jpeg

      • @[email protected]
        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.

    • @Eheran
      2•1 year ago

      That is exactly what they say in the 3. sentence of the article.