Posted on 01/21/2022 1:13:15 AM PST by nickcarraway
A production associate working on a powertrain line at Tesla in Fremont collapsed and died early Wednesday morning.
Now the state agency that oversees workplace safety is investigating into what happened.
Cal-Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman Peter Melton said that the car manufacturer notified his agency about the death and state investigators are in the process of gathering more information to determine the work-relatedness of this event and whether to conduct an inspection.
A powertrain is an improved motor, inverter and gearbox, according to Tesla's website.
The identification of the employee was not given.
About 6:30 a.m., at least three Fremont police cars and one fire truck were seen in front of the Tesla plant.
This death comes about a month after Anthony Solima, 29, a Tesla employee allegedly waited for his coworker to get off work, before fatally shooting him in the head in the factory's parking lot, prosecutors said.
Solima was charged with murder and the special circumstance if lying in wait, as well as possession of an assault weapon.
Solima and the victim, identified as Lee Brasier, 42, had gotten into an argument at work earlier that week and Solima abruptly walked off the job, authorities said.
Prosecutors said Solima came back to the Tesla facility and waited in the parking lot with a .223-caliber short-barreled AR-15 and shot Brasier in the head just after he finished his shift. His keys were still in the door of his Toyota Tundra, authorities said.
Brasier sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.
What a horridly amateurishly written piece of schlock. They must be handing out journalism degrees to people still struggling to matriculate out of middle school
Joke post?
Is that why they are totally CRUSHING GM, Ford, Chrysler and everyone else in EV sales? Even with zero marketing?
No.
What does the story about a worker shooting another worker, a month earlier, have to do with an employee who recently collapsed on the line?
Was the person jabbed? This would be a question a journalist would ask.
Seems like the brainwashing MSM is trying to take a cheap shot at Tesla, IMO.
You cannot be serious.
Tesla working conditions, pay, benefits etc trump those of UAW workers at GM etc.
That is FACT.
And this particular death turned out to be from a disease which had nothing to do with working at Tesla.
The UAW is a communist joke.
Meh. I don’t know why Tesla is crushing our woke government car companies. I just go by what I see. Teslas are plastic crap, gaps between the quarter panels etc. I expected them to be tight but all I see is garbage but the door handles are cool. Your milage may vary.
Because they make better EV cars and are able to sell more of them than any car company on the planet, not just in the US. All without spending anything on marketing, even as GM spends billions on marketing every year.
I just go by what I see.
You need a new pair of glasses. You eye sight is not so good.
Teslas are plastic crap,
“The body and chassis of the mass-market Tesla Model 3 is a blend of steel and aluminum. By comparison, the older Tesla Model S has an aluminum body.”
What more Dementia Joe inspired nonsense and lies you got to spew out?
The plant is in Silicon Valley of course the pay is excellent
I spoke of working conditions. It is worse than the worst start up I ever worked for. I’m pretty sure you’ve never worked there or you wouldn’t cite UAW standards
Naturally. All Tesla factories have great pay, even the Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. As will the pay in Gigafactory Berlin in Germany.
Overall, Tesla workers get better compensation than UAW workers at GM.
I spoke of working conditions
Pay is part of “working conditions”.
It is worse than the worst start up I ever worked for.
Nonsense. Tesla have some of the best factories and best working conditions in the automobile business on the planet.
I'm pretty sure you've never worked there or you wouldn't cite UAW standards
The UAW is one of the most corrupt outfits on the planet, with a very long history of corruption and nefarious activities in the union business going back decades.:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk mocks UAW, slams union over corruption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk — the world's wealthiest man — mocked the United Auto Workers union, one of the largest labor groups in the country, over corruption allegations that have plagued the organization for years.
“New UAW slogan: ‘Fighting for their right to steal money from workers!’” Musk tweeted Wednesday.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/10/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-mocks-uaw-slams-union-over-corruption/
Pay doesn’t make up for terrible working conditions
Have you ever worked at a start up?
Anecdotally dead
2. Tesla is NOT a start up right now. That's like saying Google is a “startup “ today.
What more ya got?
Have you worked there because I have
My comment about worse than a start up is because the working conditions are worse than a start up
In Silicon Valley staff is not an issue when the pay is good
Turn over rate which is never reported but is known by those who work there is horrendous
Says an anonymous person on the internet that nobody knows anything about. Who is busy pushing pro UAW nonsense.
Now why would anyone believe you?
My comment about worse than a start up is because the working conditions are worse than a start up
A startup 20 years ago is not a startup today. Would you describe Facebook and Google as “startups” right now?
In Silicon Valley staff is not an issue when the pay is good
Nobody forces anyone to live in Silicon Valley or work for Tesla. They just moved their headquarters to Texas and built a massive new Gigafactory in Texas.
Turn over rate which is never reported but is known by those who work there is horrendous
You know all the “turnover rates” etc of Tesla do you?
Don't make me laugh.
So you never worked at Tesla and have no idea what you’re talking about
Have you ever worked at a startup?
Outside of you, no one else is claiming they ever worked at Tesla because it’s totally irrelevant.
It’s a red herring dragged out by a desperate UAW fanatic who is getting clobbered but good.
For the record I have never ever been a union member. I have worked at many start ups and I did work at Tesla
Just because no one else has only strengthens my observations
No it doesn't.
Strange “logic” you got going there. It doesn't make any difference one way or another.
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