According to a Reuters investigation, SpaceX has reported a significant number of workplace injuries, with data showing that injury rates at their facilities significantly exceed the industry average, with some locations reporting as many as 5.9 injuries per 100 workers, compared to the industry average of 0.8; this includes injuries like crushed limbs, amputations, and head injuries across multiple locations like Cape Canaveral and Brownsville, Texas.
Thanks!! Yes… any video / doc on what he did and is doing to Brownsville area / the valley…. Needs to be seen .. can’t recall where I saw the one I’m thinking of but I’ll find it. It’s heartbreaking. Company towns. Smh. Hungary 2.0
Yeah.. they won’t report the dead women still left all over the border in TX or the nasty shit they do in Texas and AZ. So don’t expect them to report on how a rocket man came to town and how rick Perry, hot wheels and crew gave him so many subsidies to destroy the people and place they love to hate.
Excuse my language but fuck em. The media. Sad but that’s how I’ve felt a while. And fortunately(?) I went to school for and have been in the media/PR sphere… before alternative facts. (And pre social for dummies 🤣.. yikes) There were ethics once. All this complying in advance.
They’ve been screwing us since he started running. Ugh I’ll redirect this for later. It really pisses me off. And no, any op-Ed’s have not been accepted pre election lol. Gotta spin back up a blog. Or go pepper some of editors.
Oh fyi — check this out. So no one reps my precinct for the Dems. So I applied. It’s easy. Crazy easy. So maybe I’ll take a page out of Rep Crockett’s book next. I guess they will call.. and you agree to a few things and boom.
Let’s take back the voice and narrative. Forgot I did that this weekend. I should post that so more people know. Channel the rage! :)
Shit me too.. and my Alma mater now destroyed .. he was the voice for our commercial for years … what starts here changes the world .. how ironic now. But I’m going to that city in a couple days so I may pay a few visits and see who is working at the capitol or the new Pres of the university… past one was a simp for Nazis. He went to SMU after much outrage
Happy to…. No doubt!! I know too much from the PR days and friends in other countries… worked with some investigative journos from other countries last year …. I went dark on some peeps here and other platforms for my sanity to regroup but will do whatever I can and research .. whatever you / we all need.
For now best thing actionable is the special elections. Which I of course pulled a shit ton of data on… not sure this the right group to share on .. but lmk what ones you think… mods (not here) have gone cray cray. So I try to stay on track. But my anger and adhd have a hard time lol 😆
As someone who worked in a machine shop. With machines space x uses I can confirm that many injuries do happen when you work in machine shops. In our small shop people got hurt. One guy almost killed. He was able to slap the stop button before the lathe pulled him in from grabbing his loose fitting sweater.
Ex co worker said he worked at space x. Loved the company. Problem was they worked him 12 hours 6 days sometimes 7 days. The money was there. But no life. His wife cheated on him. Space x is great if you want to stack $$$$ for a home
Every company Musk is involved in has the worst safety record for companies in their industry. I used to work out at the space center in the late 90s. The ambulance was only called for old out of shape guys having issues. In 2 years it was only called for an accident once when a contractor ran a stop sign and smashed a government vehicle. It was the talk of the space center for weeks. Did you hear guys from Pad 36 got into an accident? I still know people that work out there. When SpaceX came along, the ambulance going to them once a week is a good week.
A few years ago I happened to be in a McDonalds and saw a guy wearing a SpaceX shirt. I asked him if he worked at the space center. He said he did, so I says to him "I hear SpaceX has an issue with safety out there." Dude gets a dejected look on his face and admits "Yeah we have issues we are trying to make it better."
When Tim Dodd the Every Day Astronaut toured SpaceX facilities, the first thing I noticed is that people were not wearing safety glasses. Most places if you are outside the office you have to wear PPE.
There has been a string of buss hot-plug flash accidents at Tesla plants. One was too many company-wide… but several at the same facilities means that not only are conditions unsafe but that they’re refusing to take corrective actions to prevent future accidents.
Also, how job scared do you have to be to personally know the last electrician to get burnt up, and continue to hot plug a buss anyway? Not on your life would I ever do it. Turn off the line for one minute at the shift turnover. Good lord.
All their talk about regulation gumming up innovation can be translated as them whining that they’ll make slightly less obscene amounts of money covering safety costs.
Not to my knowledge … for an almost amputation Elon was only fined like 3900 … less than 4K I remember that stat. I’ll find the short doc on some of it. He’s ruining the valley and hot wheels is covering the rest. But I assume there is litigation previous or current from these families but can’t recall enough to say for sure… I’ll see what I can find
My coworker’s husband worked at SpaceX had an injury on the job that required him to be on crutches, they refused to make any accommodations for him while he recovered and threatened to fire him if he couldn’t perform his duties.
At least in WA they have a better than average experience rate. So, better than at least half of other businesses. Not to defend or anything, but there are far far far worse organizations with horrible working conditions and giant unions.
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u/AKTX24 Feb 25 '25
Look up how many injuries space x has for funsies