After two Clark County firefighters suffered devastating chemical burns inside Elon Musk’s Las Vegas tunnels, Nevada workplace-safety officials fined his Boring Company more than $400,000.

But within hours of those citations, Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office stepped in — and the penalties vanished, along with public records of the meeting that made them disappear, according to a report in Fortune this week .

The firefighters, who were participating in a training exercise in December 2024, were permanently scarred after exposure to toxic chemicals in muck fluid that pools at the tunnel base.

The events have raised serious questions about political interference in workplace safety enforcement, Fortune documented.

Within hours of receiving the citations, Boring Company President Steve Davis con

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