Musk's SpaceX Fined After Worker Suffers "Near Amputation"

US worker safety officials fined Elon Musk’s SpaceX $3,600 this month after an accident at its site in Washington state led to a “near amputation,” according to inspection records reviewed by Marisa Taylor for Reuters.

A Reuters investigation late last year found that Musk’s rocket company disregarded worker safety regulations and standard practices at its facilities nationwide.

A Reuters investigation late last year found that Musk’s rocket company disregarded worker safety regulations and standard practices at its facilities nationwide. Through interviews and government records, the news organization documented at least 600 previously unreported injuries of SpaceX workers since 2014.

SpaceX has not responded to Reuters’ questions about any of the incidents, including the death of one worker and the injury of another who remains in a coma after his skull was fractured during a 2022 rocket engine malfunction.

Inspectors from Washington state’s Department of Labor and Industries discovered new safety violations at the company’s Redmond, Washington, site last December, in a visit prompted by worker complaints, according to state inspection records obtained by Reuters under an open records request.

An agency spokesperson said that SpaceX can still appeal the decision.

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