In 2023, the SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas, for example, reported an injury rate of 5.9 per 100 workers, a notable increase from 4.8 in 2022. Comparatively, the industry average remains significantly lower at 0.8 injuries per 100 workers, according to figures provided by Reuters.
Very possible they made an edit. I’ve seen some terribly written headlines posted that were copy pasted from the article but with a better one after you visit it. Sometimes I wonder if it’s on purpose. Get the benefits of a shitty click bait headline on social media without the shame of having it on your site when users get there. For article content it could be that they rush the article out to get the SEO boost of being first, then actually finish the article after.
“Rate” doesn’t necessarily mean per capita. It could easily mean an averaged total over time.
However, the linked Reuters source does clarify that the referenced “rate” is injury per 100 employees. So your intuition was correct.
Still, it’s shitty journalism to leave that ambiguity. The Reuters article that it cites is far better.
This is from the article, is it not clear enough?
Hmm, I didn’t see that when I first was looking for that exact information. Either I’m blind, or they made an edit
Very possible they made an edit. I’ve seen some terribly written headlines posted that were copy pasted from the article but with a better one after you visit it. Sometimes I wonder if it’s on purpose. Get the benefits of a shitty click bait headline on social media without the shame of having it on your site when users get there. For article content it could be that they rush the article out to get the SEO boost of being first, then actually finish the article after.