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Tesla workers report explosions, concussions, and grisly robot injuries at Texas factory (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dragontamer to c/realtesla

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This pretty much matches the massively higher injury rates at SpaceX.

[+] EatYouWell -21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't see any comparison to other companys' automotive plants, so the numbers here are pretty meaningless.

[–] dragontamer 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Tesla’s Fremont factory in California also has a torrid history with worker injuries. Employees there have a higher injury rate than the national average. Tesla has been accused of underreporting injuries and of failing to address hazards in an outdoor tent that was erected for the assembly line, incurring fines.

Literally in the article. Did you even bother hitting "ctrl-f" before posting?

Linked article in that paragraph: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/24/15681472/tesla-model-3-electric-car-factory-injury-rate-worker-safety

Injury rates were 31 percent higher than the US industry average in 2015, with a total recordable incidence rate of 8.8 per 100 workers compared with 6.7 per 100.

The Information is there if you're actually looking for it.

[–] Seventhlevin 12 points 1 year ago

Lol. Good on ya OP 👍

[–] sebinspace 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Buddy the number should a fat fucking zero

[–] EatYouWell -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, wish in one hand and shit in the other. Industrial manufacturing is a very dangerous job no matter who is running the plant.

[–] sebinspace 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, go work there, then. If you have an incident, I’ll point, laugh, and tell you you knew what you were signing up for.

[–] EatYouWell -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope you realize that the dangers of industrial manufacturing are a large part of the reason most people don't want to do it.

I wasn't saying that people should get maimed at work, but certain jobs inherently carry more risk than others. It's disingenuous to provide stats for one company without comparing it to the industry average.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The poster responded to you yesterday, and literally quoted where the article mentions how Tesla compares to the industry average.

What is your goal here, if you don't mind me asking?

[–] EatYouWell 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oddly enough, OPs response didn't show up in my inbox, and I must have missed the stat when I read the article.

My goal was to point out what I did in the comment above.