Amputations, death: What it’s really like to work for Musk’s SpaceX
Through interviews and government records, Reuters has documented at least 600 injuries of staff at Elon Musk’s rocket company, including skull fractures and brain injuries.
Washington | One windy night at Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Lonnie LeBlanc and his co-workers realised they had a problem.
They needed to transport foam insulation to the rocket company’s main hangar, but had no straps to secure the cargo. LeBlanc, a relatively new employee, offered a solution to hold down the load: He sat on it.
