California’s Division of Occupational Health and Safety is investigating Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) after reports that its factory incorrectly reported worker injuries to improve its safety record, according to a Bloomberg report.
Tesla responded via its blog in a post titled, “A Not So Revealing Story”.
READ: Tesla under-reported worker injuries at California plant, RevealNews.org says
“The report suggests Tesla doesn’t accurately track injuries or that we mislabeled or undercounted injuries to make our record look better than it actually is. We believe in transparency and would never intentionally misrepresent our safety record to our employees or the public,” wrote Tesla.
Tesla faced another OSHA violation back in 2013 and paid a fine of US$71,000 after three employees were severely burned. The state found that Tesla didn’t properly maintain a machine, causing the employees to be sprayed by molten aluminum, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Shares of Tesla were up 1.9% to US$293.28 just before the closing bell.