The article states that a Slovenian named Gregor Lesnik was injured on the job at a Tesla painting facility. Reporters looking into the story found that Lesnik worked as a subcontractor on a B-1 (business) visa. He was supposedly hired into a supervisory position, but was actually doing a lot of hands-on work in unsafe conditions; he suffered two broken legs and a concussion after a three-storey fall.
It turns out that Lesnik was one of 140 Eastern Europeans hired not directly by Tesla, but by Tesla's contractors, for as little as $5 an hour, with no benefits or protections, often in unsafe conditions.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the report by saying he "will investigate" the story and "make it right."
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