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SpaceX Faces Negligence Lawsuit Over Injury That Left Worker in a Coma | The incident during a rocket engine test is among a slew of safety issues at SpaceX, where workers have suffered amputations, burns, and other injuries.
The incident during a rocket engine test is among a slew of safety issues at SpaceX, where workers have suffered amputations, burns, and other injuries.
On January 18, 2022, a Raptor V2 pressure engine test at SpaceX’s Hawthorne facility went horribly wrong, causing a fuel-controller assembly cover to detach and severely injure integration technician Francisco Cabada. A malfunctioning component, a fuel-controller assembly cover, detached and struck him on the head, resulting in a skull fracture and leaving him in a coma, a state he has tragically remained in for the past two years, according to Reuters. Inside sources reportedly told Reuters that SpaceX’s senior managers at the Hawthorne facility had been repeatedly warned about the dangers of rushing the engine’s development.
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