> Starbase, which plays a central role in SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s mission to make life multi-planetary, is an outlier in the company and across the industry as a whole. Its TRIR topped out at 4.27 injuries per 100 workers in 2024, when it employed an average of 2,690 workers, according to the data submitted to OSHA. Injured Starbase employees were unable to perform their normal job duties for a total of 3,558 restricted-duty days, plus 656 lost-time days where injuries made them unable to work at all.
Yes, a higher injury rate may reflect corners being cut in the name of speed. But I'm sure the most major contribution to the numbers (besides people actually reporting their injuries) is a result of people working then anything else. Of course injuries are going to be much lower if you haven't shipped anything in a decade plus.
This isn't about Starfactory, the actual factory making rockets. It's about the whole of Starbase, a goddamned town/city under construction.
That a massive construction site with hundreds of welders and framers and plumbers and concrete workers, and linemen and ditch diggers, and survey workers and architects, and smiths and truck drivers and landscapers, and janitors and carpet layers and warehouse workers, and sewer workers, masons, electricians, and heavy equipment operators (massive cranes, bulldozers, man lifts, graders, boring rigs, excavators, etc.) most of them working outdoors in the TX weather, building dozen of homes, a rec center, factories, launch facilities, office buildings, apartment complexes, not to mention the largest ever space vehicles in volume numbers, has a higher injury rate than some ULA office workers sitting behind desks or in clean rooms building and launching a couple of classic rockets a year?
i worked construction for a summer (roofing) and a lot of guys were drunk or on something fun.
i imagine elon is pushing them to build much faster than normal and they'll try.. but you also can't be on anything working a fast schedule. i think zyns would be the only thing safe, adderall would leave you too dehydrated, painkillers sure but you also get clumsier ime, even advil had me feeling off.
construction is hard! i have no idea how the Japanese have such efficiency. they work fast and make it look relaxed.
> Starbase ... is an outlier in the company and across the industry as a whole. Its TRIR topped out at 4.27 injuries per 100 workers in 2024, when it employed an average of 2,690 workers, according to the data submitted to OSHA. Injured Starbase employees were unable to perform their normal job duties for a total of 3,558 restricted-duty days, plus 656 lost-time days where injuries made them unable to work at all.
Looks to me like Starbase is far safer than automobile manufacturing. Let alone hospital nursing care.
So - other than "We <3 Elon Bashing", what's the point of the article? Nobody who's been inside a real factory would be surprised that busy Starbase has higher injuries rates than its "Slowly Going Nowhere, Ferociously" competition.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 33.6 ms ] threadWhy is it a city.
Its a way to manipulate the system to accelerator the plan. Smart thinking, but I suspect some aspect of this will be controversial.
https://www.southernliving.com/travel/disney-world-city-reed...
Hard to get injured making a powerpoint presentation.
That a massive construction site with hundreds of welders and framers and plumbers and concrete workers, and linemen and ditch diggers, and survey workers and architects, and smiths and truck drivers and landscapers, and janitors and carpet layers and warehouse workers, and sewer workers, masons, electricians, and heavy equipment operators (massive cranes, bulldozers, man lifts, graders, boring rigs, excavators, etc.) most of them working outdoors in the TX weather, building dozen of homes, a rec center, factories, launch facilities, office buildings, apartment complexes, not to mention the largest ever space vehicles in volume numbers, has a higher injury rate than some ULA office workers sitting behind desks or in clean rooms building and launching a couple of classic rockets a year?
Surprise, surprise.
i imagine elon is pushing them to build much faster than normal and they'll try.. but you also can't be on anything working a fast schedule. i think zyns would be the only thing safe, adderall would leave you too dehydrated, painkillers sure but you also get clumsier ime, even advil had me feeling off.
construction is hard! i have no idea how the Japanese have such efficiency. they work fast and make it look relaxed.
Compare with https://www.bls.gov/web/osh/table-1-industry-rates-national....
Looks to me like Starbase is far safer than automobile manufacturing. Let alone hospital nursing care.
So - other than "We <3 Elon Bashing", what's the point of the article? Nobody who's been inside a real factory would be surprised that busy Starbase has higher injuries rates than its "Slowly Going Nowhere, Ferociously" competition.