Another major workplace injury occurred at SpaceX last year:
SpaceX crane collapse in Texas being investigated by OSHA.
PUBLISHED THU, JUN 26 2025 7:54 PM EDT UPDATED THU, JUN 26 2025 11:27 PM EDT
The crane collapse was captured in a livestream by Lab Padre on YouTube, a SpaceX-focused channel. Clips from Lab Padre were widely shared on social media, including on X, which is owned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. It wasn’t immediately clear whether any SpaceX workers were injured as a result of the incident. Musk and other company executives didn’t respond to a request for comment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/spacex-crane-collapse-in-texas-being-investigated-by-osha.html
A heads up about how multi-billion dollar corporations operate. Whenever there is an accident where people were potentially injured, if there were no injuries the company quickly gets out there were no injuries. For instance like how SpaceX quickly got out there were no injuries during the static test explosion. But if the company makes no comment on the accident, it’s a good chance there were injuries. And the longer the company says nothing about the accident the more likely it becomes there were serious injuries.
Article from 2023 detailing SpaceX culture downplaying worker safety:
A REUTERS INVESTIGATION
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars.
SpaceX rockets on a launchpad near Brownsville, Texas. The facility had a worker-injury rate six times the space-industry average in 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed.
By MARISA TAYLOR
Filed Nov. 10, 2023, 11 a.m. GMT
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/
by RGregoryClark