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by infecto 950 days ago
Right, but this piece did not focus on the data and instead of pulled specific examples out. I think it would have been more convincing to at least speak more on the numbers, compare it to the US averages and look at different industries within the US. If I take the BLS average of missed days and other, 2.7 is higher then what I think is the 2.2 average that spacex has across different sites. I am not saying that means SpaceX is a safe place to work but we should dive into those details more to get a better picture.

Worker deaths will always exist, sometimes due to unsafe practices and sometimes the fault of the worker. Every 101minutes a worker dies in the US. This is why OSHA exists.

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Journalists do seem to be given an extraordinarily wide allowance for selection bias.

Most negative stories about SpaceX / Tesla / Twitter could have been written about any of their competitors in the just by changing a few details.

Not when it comes to workplace saftey or going to war over some collective bargaining in Sweden, then not.

And Twitter, well, there are hardly any comparisons, are there?

Is SpaceX charging the DoD 435$ for a Hammer, or 600$ for a toilet seat? General Dynamics did