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Tesla worker injured [in 2021] by robot that 'pinned' him to wall with its claws at car company's Texas factory (news.sky.com)

submitted 11 months ago by alyaza to c/technology

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given the scrutiny around Tesla, it's interesting this story doesn't seem to have come out sooner since this is a fairly novel workplace accident

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[–] beepnoise 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, back in 2018, Tesla factories have less safety signs and signals because Elon Musk hates yellow (so no safety tape telling people where not to stand) and cannot stand the beeping noise forklifts make when they reverse.

Source: https://revealnews.org/article/tesla-says-its-factory-is-safer-but-it-left-injuries-off-the-books/

Absolutely baffled how more people aren't killed at Tesla factories, tbh.

[–] zhunk 3 points 10 months ago

This is kind of tangential, but white noise backup alarms are neat.