SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
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SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
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#3Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
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#4Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
> no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site
I was actually just about to comment that it's surprising how few accidents we've heard about from a facility like that.
Either they're doing an amazing job, or they have a great lid on it despite all that want to see them fail.
Re: SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
#5Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
Are you accusing the media of misleading news about SpaceX, amazing bait for HN????
Yes, they are.
Re: SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
#6Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
You're joking, right?
Starbase is notorious for high accident rates.
Re: SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
#7Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
You're joking, right? Starbase is notorious for high accident rates.
Data?
Re: SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
#8Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
You're joking, right? Starbase is notorious for high accident rates.
Compared to what? US average fatal accident rate for construction is 9.2 deaths per 100,000 full-time workers per year. In oil and gas extraction it's 13.8. In agriculture it's 20.9. In manufacturing it's 2.4. What's Starbase's rate?
(Source: https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-inju...)
Re: SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're joking, right? Starbase is notorious for high accident rates.
Data?
Start here: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/spacex-worker-injury-rates...
Drill down into the links from there. Or do a search. Or ask an LLM. I have a hard time finding any data that doesn't think they have high rates.