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    Tesla reportedly omitted 'hundreds' of injuries from government reports

    by 
    Igor Bonifacic
    Igor Bonifacic
    03.06.2020

    Over the past several years, Tesla has reportedly omitted "hundreds" of employee injury reports from the annual summaries it sent to California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) agency, according to Bloomberg. In a blog post published last month, Tesla said Cal/OSHA found the company's record-keeping was 99 percent accurate.

  • Illustration by D. Thomas Magee

    Tesla: Workplace safety, unions and the color yellow

    by 
    Violet Blue
    Violet Blue
    04.20.2018

    Tesla's troubles with media reports on working conditions and union organizing took a hard right turn on Monday. In response to Reveal's report on Tesla's workplace safety, the auto manufacturer accused the Pulitzer-finalist of being "an extremist organization working directly with union supporters to create a calculated disinformation campaign against Tesla."

  • Jim Tanner / Reuters

    California opens investigation into Tesla factory safety

    by 
    Rob LeFebvre
    Rob LeFebvre
    04.18.2018

    Tesla has been struggling lately to meet its automotive production targets, vowing to run its Model 3 factories "24/7." Unfortunately, they might also be underreporting serious workplace injuries, labeling them "personal medical" to avoid penalties. Now, according to a report at Bloomberg, California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is opening an official investigation into the allegations.