There is a variety of automobile manufacturing facilities across the United States. Some are older factories run by well-established automakers; others are newer plants built and run by those same brands. There are also automobile manufacturing plants that are not only new, but that are owned by relative newcomers to the automotive manufacturing industry.
Workers at all automobile manufacturing facilities face certain risks in their workplaces. However, auto industry data reveals that some manufacturing facilities have higher rates of worker injury than others do. One automobile manufacturing plant that is suspected of having a higher than average worker injury rate is the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. Efforts are underway by the United Autoworkers’ Union to unionize the facility, but their progress has been slow. Industry data supports a conclusion that union factories have lower injury and accident rates than non-union plants do.
Tesla asserts that its safety record is better than the industry average. When the nonprofit organization Worksafe looked into the matter, they found that while Tesla’s Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) for the first quarter of this year is currently lower than the national average. Moreover, data from previous years indicates that during other years, the TRIR at the Fremont facility was substantially higher than the national average.
The possibility of a change in direction for Tesla’s TRIR rate at their Fremont facility is encouraging, even though it must be taken with a grain of salt because it is still too early in the year to determine whether the decrease in injuries is a trend or a reprieve from higher injury rates. While we are unable to know whether the higher TRIRs for the company’s earlier years were the result of it being a new company, it is possible that they were and that as Tesla becomes more established, the Fremont manufacturing facility becoming a safer place to work. In fact, the car company has declared one of its manufacturing goals as having a very low rate of worker injuries as compared to other automakers.
Barrett Law PLLC: Representing Injured Mississippi Workers and Their Families
Automobile manufacturing injury and fatality cases can get complicated. The machinery and work processes involved in modern auto manufacturing processes are technologically advanced, but they still create substantial risks to the workers who operate the machines every day. It can be difficult to understand the workplace injury claims process, and if you are missing time from work because you are hurt, you are likely to want to pursue a claim for damages related to your workplace accident as soon as possible to minimize the financial impact of your injury on your life.
A workplace injury attorney can help you pursue a claim for damages after a workplace accident, and they can offer valuable support and guidance at each stage of the claims process. If you got hurt in an automobile manufacturing accident or you lost a loved one in an automobile manufacturing plant accident, get help from a Mississippi Workplace Accident Attorney. Call the Mississippi Workplace Accident Attorneys at Barrett Law PLLC at 1 (800) 707-9577 to learn more.