As Tesla prepares to ship its first Cybertrucks to clients, a brand new report paints a grisly image of the Texas factory the place the truck is being constructed, together with a casting machine explosion and a robot allegedly goring a employee.

The Information reported some of the gruesome incidents which have occurred at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, the place one out of each 21 employees have been reportedly harm in 2022. The knowledge is derived from the required harm stories Tesla submits to OSHA.

One incident in 2021 concerned an engineer who approached a supposed shutdown robot arm however bought clawed and pinned to the wall by the machine performing its programmed motions. A witness stated the engineer bled from his again and arms, and after somebody hit the emergency cease button, the engineer pulled himself out and fell right into a chute, leaving a path of blood.

An harm report submitted to Travis County, Texas, by Tesla reportedly has a robot-related incident however doesn’t clearly match the one from witness accounts. The reported one doesn’t state the individual missed any time from work. In unrelated incidents in August 2022, a employee’s ankle bought caught underneath a cart, which put them out of labor for 127 days. Days later, one other employee suffered a head harm which put them out for 85 days.

Other harm stories have been newer. At least one employee was concussed after getting launched again from an explosion within the steel casting space round New Year’s 2023. The blast was allegedly brought on by water inadvertently mixing into the molten aluminum press machine. A witness who noticed surveillance video stated the explosion despatched a ball of fireside and smoke into the air, broken the die, and curled up a door that seals the chamber. It’s not clear if Tesla reported this to OSHA, which reportedly did not have an inspection for this incident.

Another employee claims the molding machine additionally didn’t accurately seal and typically spat out molten steel. When a employee offered an answer to repair the problem, they have been reprimanded that shutting it down would sluggish manufacturing output.

In June, contractors putting in steel grating for elevated walkways within the factory fell to the bottom as a consequence of an absence of protecting tools. Some of the steel walkway fell on high of them, leaving them with fractures and a punctured lung. OSHA inspected this incident and fined the contractors.

It’s not the one time issues fell from above: The Information stories incidents of air con ducts, metal beams, and different constructing supplies crashing to the bottom close to autoworkers.

Tesla’s Fremont factory in California additionally has a torrid historical past with employee injuries. Employees there have a better harm charge than the nationwide common. Tesla has been accused of underreporting injuries and of failing to deal with hazards in an outside tent that was erected for the meeting line, incurring fines.

Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin first opened in April 2022 and was constructed about two years after its announcement in 2020. Employees described the corporate as having an “extremely hardcore” work tradition that places them by means of extraordinarily lengthy hours, unsafe working circumstances, harassment, and extra.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk traditionally has opposed efforts by his workers to unionize. He select to construct the Texas factory in a “proper to work” state the place unions have a tougher time organizing employees. Meanwhile, Musk’s different firm in Texas, SpaceX, just lately ignored its office injuries.