At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
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Reuters documented more than 600 workplace injuries at SpaceX. Employees say they’re paying the price for Elon Musk’s push to reach Mars at breakneck speed.

At SpaceX, worker injuries soar — Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds, and on…::Reuters documented more than 600 workplace injuries at SpaceX. Employees say they’re paying the price for Elon Musk’s push to reach Mars at breakneck speed.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What did the UN pin the value of a human life at in US dollars? In that sense the ultra wealthy can literally afford death and other workplace accidents.

      It’s disgusting, but I can totally see some rich chucklefucks viewing this through that lens.

      • Becausewhynot@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Back in the day, deaths used to be openly priced into large projects. Freakonomics did an interesting cost analysis on the value of human life using highway speeds vs productivity lost reducing those speeds to save lives. Probably not overly accurate but it was alarmingly low.