The engineer was programming software that controls robots whose job it is to cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum.
While two of the robots were disabled so that the engineer and his crew could work on the machines, a third was inadvertently left on — resulting in the attack two years ago, witnesses told the Information.
The news site said it obtained an injury report that was submitted to federal officials as well as to health authorities in Travis County.
The engineer suffered a “laceration, cut or open wound” on his left hand, according to the Information.
The injury was apparently not severe enough to require the employee to take time off from work.
Tesla declined to comment.
Injury reports submitted to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that nearly one out of every 21 workers at the Giga Texas factory got hurt last year.
Sources told the Information that management’s demands for speedy production have led to safety lapses.
Witnesses reported that heavy machinery including a crane, a steel beam and an air conditioning duct have fallen near workers on car production lines.
Records reviewed by the Information found that workers at the factory fell ill after they were exposed to toxins such as ammonia.
In the summer last year, an employee’s ankle was caught under a moving cart, forcing them to miss more than four months of work.
Publicado en The New York Post el 26 de diciembre de 2023
