Safety in any production environment is always a key factor and that is no exception to Tesla, the electric car maker. Over the years, as a new player in auto manufacturing reports in the US did say the injury rate at Tesla plants in the US were higher than the average.
With this, Elon Musk took to addressing the issue by sending out a brilliant email to his employees.
No words can express how much I care about your safety and wellbeing. It breaks my heart when someone is injured building cars and trying their best to make Tesla successful.
Going forward, I’ve asked that every injury be reported directly to me, without exception. I’m meeting with the safety team every week and would like to meet every injured person as soon as they are well, so that I can understand from them exactly what we need to do to make it better. I will then go down to the production line and perform the same task that they perform.
This is what all managers at Tesla should do as a matter of course. At Tesla, we lead from the front line, not from some safe and comfortable ivory tower. Managers must always put their team’s safety above their own.
This shows that he is deeply concerned with the safety aspect of his employees and he has shown that he will also walk the talk by performing those roles to ensure that proper precautions are taken. Definitely, an example which needs to be emulated in many other fields as well.
