"The worker, Eduardo Cavazos, filed a previously-unreported lawsuit in November detailing the accident, and is suing SpaceX and one of its contractors for negligence. SpaceX reported the incident to OSHA, and the agency opened a "rapid response investigation," according to Joanna Hawkins, deputy regional director of public affairs. Rapid response investigations typically involve OSHA asking an employer for more information before determining if the agency will perform an on-site inspection. Hawkins said OSHA is still waiting for SpaceX's response to that request."
"Lawyers for Cavazos, a resident of Cameron County, Texas, filed his lawsuit in November just a few days after the accident. They said he was working as a subcontractor of CCC Group, which was hired by SpaceX to construct concrete walls at the Starbase site. On November 15, a crane operator was lifting a "vertical formwork" - which holds wet concrete in place until it dries - when one of the long metal supports "detached" and landed on him, Cavazos' lawyers claim in the lawsuit."
On November 15, a metal support detached from a crane at SpaceX's Starbase and fell onto construction worker Eduardo Cavazos, causing fractures to his hip, knee, and tibia. Cavazos, a Cameron County resident working as a CCC Group subcontractor building concrete walls, filed a negligence lawsuit against SpaceX and the contractor days after the accident. SpaceX reported the incident to OSHA, which opened a rapid response investigation and is awaiting more information from SpaceX before deciding on an on-site inspection. OSHA is also probing a separate crane collapse at Starbase in late June; officials have not yet commented.
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