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“SpaceX was fined $18,475 by OSHA for two safety violations, one of which was rated the highest penalty level of "serious" and a maximum gravity of 10.”

Reed Albergottisemafor.com ↗

Francisco Cabada, a ten-year SpaceX technician, was knocked into a coma by a Raptor valve test in January. SpaceX said nothing to its own workers. His coworkers raised $51,000 on GoFundMe. OSHA’s fine was $18,475. Musk talks about blowing up engines as the price of iteration. The workers pay that price, and the fine wouldn’t cover one of them.