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Yogthos
@yogthos@social.marxist.network  ·  activity timestamp last week

A deaf technician at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory says he was assigned to a position melting aluminum ingots at 660°C, a temperature which caused his hearing aids to fail, making it all but impossible for him to hear alarms, alerts and other audible safety signals.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-musk-gigafactory-deaf-employee-fired-lawsuit-b2863998.html

#usa #tesla

The Independent

Deaf Tesla employee fired after ‘extreme heat’ in Gigafactory made hearing aids fail

Exclusive: Hans Kohls’s hearing aids could not withstand the 1,220°F temperatures involved in metal casting, and claims the Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker refused to accommodate his disability
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