SpaceX Faced Fine Of $3,600 From U.S. Worker Safety Authorities

SpaceX faced a fine of $3,600 from U.S. worker safety authorities earlier this month. The penalty was imposed following an incident at its Washington state site, where inspection records, as reviewed by Reuters, indicated a situation that nearly resulted in an amputation.

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Last year, Reuters conducted an investigation revealing that Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, neglected worker-safety regulations and standard practices at its facilities across the country. Through interviews and government records, the news organization uncovered a minimum of 600 injuries to SpaceX workers since 2014, incidents that had not been reported previously.

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SpaceX, however, has not addressed Reuters’ inquiries regarding any of these incidents, including the death of a worker and the injury of another who remains in a coma due to a fractured skull from a rocket engine malfunction in 2022. Furthermore, the company has not provided a response to questions about the recent safety fine

Inspectors Determined That The Site Lacked A Comprehensive Safety Program

Inspectors determined that the site lacked a comprehensive safety program, effective communication of work rules, and a system for correcting violations, according to the records. The incident referred to as a “near amputation” occurred when a worker’s foot was crushed by a falling roll of material.

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SpaceX managers informed state inspectors that the incident was an isolated occurrence and had been rectified. However, inspectors discovered that employees were not mandated to wear steel-toe shoes, despite the fact that the rolls of materials they had to load into a machine had increased in weight from approximately 80 pounds to 300 pounds (36 kg to 136 kg) each.