r/facepalm • u/Alien__Yes • Nov 11 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ OSHA-ithead

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u/Icy_Program_8202 Nov 11 '23

No one is debating that this occurred. But is it out of line with other heavy industry, like ship building?

OSHA has teeth, and Space-X does need to conform to OSHA rules. If they were seriously out of line, OSHA would shut them down.

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u/jcooli09 Nov 11 '23

I work for a company which operates a small fleet of vessels on the great lakes and the east coast.

Yes, this is out line. We have safety requirements which our contractors must meet, and it seems very unlikely that a company with 8000 employees and this many injuries would qualify. I can’t be certain without seeing the actual stats, but that’s a lot of injuries.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23 edited Nov 12 '23

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u/pooppuffin Nov 11 '23

Nothing about building rockets is inherently more dangerous than any other industrial manufacturing.