SpaceX's Starbase Facility Reports High Injury Rates Compared to Industry Averages
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Summary
SpaceX's Starbase facility has significantly higher injury rates compared to other manufacturing facilities, according to safety records. The facility's injury rates are almost six times higher than the average for similar space vehicle manufacturing sites and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024.
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· 2 pulledStarbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024.
Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost six times higher than the average, data reveals.
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