The injury-related data comes from reports filed with the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and shared with Tesla employees, said the group. The electric-car maker’s rate improved a bit to 8.1 injury incidents per 100 workers in 2016, though was likely still above the industry average (complete figures for 2016 aren’t yet available), Oakland-based Worksafe said. The group was asked to review conditions by the United Auto Workers union, which hopes to organize workers at the Fremont plant. Along with compiling OSHA reports received from workers, Worksafe compared injury rates at the plant against industrywide figures sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Parker said. “The injury data Tesla has recorded so far for Q1 of 2017 is too preliminary to be considered accurate given Tesla’s somewhat erratic reporting patterns.

Source: Forbes May 24, 2017 18:28 UTC