A deaf technician at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory says he was assigned to a position melting aluminum ingots at 1,220°F, a temperature which caused his hearing aids to fail, making it all but impossible for him to hear alarms, alerts and other audible safety signals.
In response, Hans Kohls requested a transfer away from the “extreme heat and moisture” of the Austin plant’s casting department, where the conditions “far exceed[ed] standard industrial heat levels,” according to a lawsuit obtained by The Independent.
