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
    4•7 months 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•7 months 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
    -9•7 months ago

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

    Construction is a dangerous job.

    • s7ryph
      18•7 months 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•7 months 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.