- The wife of an injured SpaceX employee is suing the company for negligence, Reuters reported.
- The employee suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized in a coma for months.
- SpaceX has faced accusations of systematic safety failings at its facilities.
The wife of a SpaceX technician whose skull was fractured during a rocket malfunction in January 2022 is suing Elon Musk ‘s company for negligence.
Francisco Cabada suffered a skull fracture and head trauma and was hospitalized in a coma after the incident, according to an accident investigation summary from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
The SpaceX integration technician was performing checks on a Raptor V2 engine at the company’s Hawthorne, California site on January 18, 2022, when the incident occurred, Business Insider previously reported.
Ydy Cabada filed the lawsuit in a state court in Los Angeles, California, last week on behalf of her husband, Reuters reported. The father of three remains in a coma, the news agency reported.