SpaceX Worker Almost Lost His Leg Due To Accident At Elon Musk Factory

Elon Musk often acts carelessly at the SpaceX factory (photo: x @elonmusk)

JAKARTA - A SpaceX worker almost experienced leg amputation while working at the billionaire factory Elon Musk in Washington.

The incident began when a coil of material fell and destroyed a worker's leg and resulted in a fine of $3,600 from the regulator along with no less than 600 previously unreported injuries found late last year, including more than a hundred cases with severe damage and at least one death.

The investigative report by Reuters calculated four concussions, 17 cases in which the hands or fingers of 'destroyed,' eight requiring amputation, five electrocutions, 29 cases with broken or sprained bones, and many more.

However, despite the extent of injury SpaceX workers far above the average space industry, Musk's company is only faced with a government fine of less than US$51,000 (Rp798.4 million), this is like water in a bucket when compared to the US$11.8 billion (Rp184.7 trillion) NASA contract that SpaceX enjoyed since its establishment in 2002.

One of the unsatisfied former employees, Travis Total, has described SpaceX's'safety concept: "We will let you decide what is safe for you," which in fact means there is no accountability.'

Another SpaceX worker attributes the latest workplace injuries almost amputation'' on the Redmond site to safety officials who do not 'have an understanding of reading or overall competence to implement safety plans.'

Now, a lawyer who helped contract workers at the factory told DailyMail.com that there was evidence Tesla appeared to have submitted reports of accidents and deaths to the government.

Musk himself sometimes looks relaxed about safety during a visit to the SpaceX site: Four employees say he sometimes plays with the fire bursts of the novelty.

Over the years, Musk and his deputies thought it was 'cute' to flash the fireflow around, fire it close to other people and laugh 'it's as if they're in high school,' an engineer said.

Musk tweeted in 2018 that the burst of fire was 'jaranted to enliven every party!' Musk plays with the device in a tight office setting, the engineer said, who is at one point worried Musk will burn someone's hair.

Last year, an open letter written by some SpaceX employees criticized Musk's behavior as a source of interference and shame.

But some at SpaceX have spoken very well about the efficiency that comes with a little bureaucracy under Musk's leadership.

There are a number of regulations thrown away by SpaceX, which allow it to move faster, said former company engineer Chris Cunningham, who works on the McGregor website, Texas.

Despite its integral role in SpaceX funding, amounting to 11.8 billion US dollars in contracts, NASA did not comment on Musk's company safety record.

But the US space agency said it maintains the power to enforce contract terms requiring SpaceX to implement "strong and effective safety programs and cultures."