The Boring Company Suffers Setback After Worker Injured During Operations

An accident at Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has sent a worker to the hospital with a “crushing injury.”

A Crushing Emergency

Several days ago, The Boring Company, a digging company owned by Musk, had to halt its construction of the Las Vegas tunnel due to a serious work-related accident.

Emergency crews dispatched at 10:12 pm in response to an, as described by the Clark County Fire Department, “industrial/machinery incident”.

The worker was lifted out by an on-site crane and taken to a hospital. It has since been reported that he is in stable condition.

Digging up the Past

The Boring Company has been building a 1.5-mile-long tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Centre since 2021.

Currently, it’s 3.5 miles long; it has long since surpassed its original size estimate.

Since the beginning, many worker injuries and regulatory citations have been documented by various media outlets, including Fortune, ProPublica, and Bloomberg.

The workers themselves are saying that Musk is “obsessed with speed but disregards safety, emphasizing profit over the well-being of workers”.

Employees reported that last year, an intern almost died because a two-ton concrete block nearly collapsed.

A story by Bloomberg describes how workers “had to wade through” two feet of muck, which contained chemical accelerant that can cause severe injuries if it comes into contact with human skin.

The Boring Company has so far been cited in eight violations and fined a total of $112,000. The company has pushed back against those accusations and the financial penalty.

Past the Surface

Currently, OSHA Nevada is investigating The Boring Company.

The Boring Company is listed as one of the “Dirty Dozen,” and people are discouraged from seeking employment with them due to high risks for health and safety.

In its report last year, OSHA describes SpaceX and The Boring Company, both owned by Musk, as places where “Workers suffer crushed limbs, amputations, chemical burns, and a preventable death at companies owned by billionaire Musk.”