Jose Sandoval Marble and Granite, Sun Valley: Cal/OSHA silica citation
Workers at Jose Sandoval Marble and Granite in Sun Valley, California were exposed to silica dust, and Cal/OSHA cited the company for it. The date the citation went public was August 27, 2024.
What inspectors found at the whole workplace goes in the citation; your own health and work there decide whether you can claim.
- Proposed penalty for all hazards
- $18,785
- Violations, every hazard cited
- 2 serious and 6 other-than-serious
- Announced
- August 27, 2024
- Citing agency
- Cal/OSHA
- Where
- Sun Valley, California
- Kind of work
- Work with stone
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Inspection reason: An enforcement effort aimed at the growing number of silicosis cases among stone workers.
Findings on silica dust
- No effective dust suppression methods were used
- Employees were not given powered air-purifying respirators that were full-face and tight-fitting
More hazards in this same citation
- Cited for 1 regulatory violation as well
If your job was at Jose Sandoval Marble and Granite
New silicosis cases in the US now mostly show up in shops cutting quartz and other engineered stone. If your work in Sun Valley at Jose Sandoval Marble and Granite involved cutting, grinding, or polishing slabs, you may have two claims. Workers' comp can come through the employer's insurance, and you could also sue the companies that made the stone.
Two ways to claim in California
Workers' comp claims in California
- to file for workers' comp, from when it disabled you and you knew work caused it
- 1 year
- to send your employer notice in writing
- 30 days
The Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers' Compensation is where you file a workers' comp claim in California (official site).
Written notice to your employer is due within 30 days, and your filing deadline is one year past the injury date. With silicosis, that date is the day the illness first disabled you and you knew your job caused it, or should have. (California Labor Code §5400, §5405 and §5412)
A lawsuit against the manufacturers
A suit aimed at whoever made the stone or the equipment counts as a different claim, with a deadline all its own. How silicosis lawsuits work
Can't tell which company made your stone or your equipment? Labels on slabs or tools, along with pay stubs and job photos, can help a lawyer figure it out.
Free claim review by phone
All silica citations in California
The official source: news release from Cal/OSHA. Cal/OSHA news releases are the source of these records, which get updated monthly.
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