Tesla has been accused of labor violations in the past, and a new report supports those claims.
Workers at Elon Musk's sustainable automaker suffered 8.8 injuries per 100 employees in 2015 — 31 percent more than their peers at other factories.
The report, by the workplace safety organization Worksafe and based on safety logs requested by Tesla workers, came out the same day BuzzFeed reported that Tesla's head of human resources, Arnnon Geshuri, would leave the company. As HR chief, Geshuri in part oversaw the working conditions that have been seen as unsafe.
“The reason we asked for Tesla’s safety log is simple. We see people getting injured in the plant on a regular basis — people who do the same sorts of jobs that we do,” Jonathan Galescu, a Tesla body repair technician, said in Worksafe's report. “We want to know — in fact, we need to know — the facts about how often workers are getting injured, and how those injuries are happening. It took us several attempts just to get management to give us the information they’re required by law to provide. It shouldn’t have to be that way. Workers shouldn’t have to risk retaliation just to learn more about safety in the workplace.” Read more...
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