"Exclusive: Tesla cited by U.S. regulators over worker's death"

Federal regulators have cited Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab for violating workplace safety rules in connection with the electrocution of a worker last summer at its Austin, Texas, auto-manufacturing plant.

The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed the findings in a statement to Reuters.

“The investigation is closed and citations have been issued,” said the department, which oversees the agency that conducted the Tesla probe, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

.... The department declined to disclose the nature of Tesla's workplace-safety failures or whether any penalties were imposed.

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OSHA launched the investigation immediately after the August 1 death of Victor Gomez Sr., an electrician working as a contractor at the Tesla plant in Texas, according to OSHA records and a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Tesla by Gomez's family.

Gomez was killed while inspecting electrical panels at the site, according to the suit.

The lawsuit alleges negligence and argues that the panel was supposed to be inactive but had already been powered up, resulting in Gomez’s electrocution.

Musk and Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not immediately access court filings by Tesla in the lawsuit.

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