--- title: "Tesla Employee Dies After Collapsing on Assembly Line" description: "A Tesla factory worker has died on the assembly line at the electric carmakers' Fremont assembly line -- in yet another Tesla tragedy." date: "2022-01-21" modified: "2022-01-21" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-employee-dies-assembly-line" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" - "workplace safety" --- # Tesla Employee Dies After Collapsing on Assembly Line ![A Tesla factory worker has died on the assembly line at the electric carmakers' Fremont assembly line.]() *\Image: Tesla\* ## The Latest Tragedy A Tesla factory worker has died on the assembly line at the electric carmakers' Fremont assembly line. As [*The Mercury News* reports](), the still-unidentified male Tesla employee was pronounced dead on the scene after the Fremont Fire Department arrived early Wednesday morning to find him on the factory floor. According to the report, the man collapsed on the assembly line, and healthy and safety officials are now investigating the circumstances that led to his death. This latest Fremont factory death comes just over a month after one [Tesla employee shot and killed another]() in the facility's parking lot and was later [charged with murder](). ## And it Wasn't the First Time This latest death, unfortunately, does not appear to be a first for the company. In 2019, a Tesla employee named Michael Johnston [died at the company's Gigafactory]() in Nevada, and reports indicated that he'd died due to a medical issue. Along with the deaths, safety issues have long been cause for concern at Tesla's facilities — and in 2020, California's workplace safety authority revealed that the company had [left out hundreds of incidents]() in its official reports about its main assembly factory in Fremont. It's too soon to place blame on this latest death, but given that it's been a while since we've heard anything — good or bad — about Tesla workplace safety, it may be another crack in the company's utopian facade. **READ MORE:** [Tesla Fremont factory employee dies while working on production line]() \[*The Mercury News*\] **And over at SpaceX:** [*There's a Huge "Active Outbreak" of COVID-19 at SpaceX HQ*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()