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SpaceX Worker Injury Rates Are Alarmingly High for Second Year in a Row

The rate of employee injuries at eight major facilities run by Elon Musk's aerospace company far exceeded the industry average for the second year running--and some facilities worsened year-over-year, according to Reuters. One former administrator with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration told Reuters the injuries should concern SpaceX's private and public sector partners, including NASA.

David Michaels, a former OSHA employee and current professor at The George Washington University, told Reuters that injuries can serve as "an indicator of poor production quality" and that "NASA should be concerned about the quality of the work."


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