25-year-old man from Donna, died Friday morning after falling 8 feet from scaffolding, according to Cameron County Justice of the Peace Mary Esther Sorola. Sorola said Bautista was transported from Starbase to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, where he was pronounced dead at 5:15 a.m. A preliminary autopsy report showed he died from blunt force trauma caused by the fall, Sorola said.
I was just reading that falls were the top cause for ER visits, I think. Presumably this was onto concrete.
Last year, OSHA hit the company with seven safety citations, which include allegations that a crane that needed repairs was not properly inspected before being utilized again. The citations, classified as “serious,” led to a penalty of $115,850. SpaceX is currently contesting the violations.
I'm surprised they even care about $100k, but maybe it's about accumulating citations.
OSHA had also cited SpaceX last year for not immediately reporting a workplace incident that resulted in an “in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye,” but the citation was settled and withdrawn.
I wonder how common this is. Reading this guide didn't answer that, but has some interesting nuggets — I didn't know employers had to post the citation where the incident occurred.