Nacho Brothers Marble Inc., Sun Valley: Cal/OSHA silica citation
Because it exposed workers to silica dust, Nacho Brothers Marble Inc. of Sun Valley, California received a citation from Cal/OSHA. The citation became public on 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.
- Penalty proposed for all hazards
- $18,785
- Violations, covering every hazard cited
- 2 serious violations and 6 other‑than‑serious ones
- Announced
- August 27, 2024
- Citation from
- Cal/OSHA
- Where
- Sun Valley, California
- Kind of work
- Work with stone
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Inspection reason: An enforcement push responding to a rise in cases of silicosis among stone workers.
Findings on silica dust
- Failed to use effective methods to suppress dust
- Employees were not given respirators that were full-face, tight-fitting, and powered air-purifying.
More hazards in the same citation
- 1 regulatory violation was also cited
Did you work for Nacho Brothers Marble?
In the US, most new silicosis cases now come from shops that cut quartz or other engineered stone. If your job at Nacho Brothers Marble, located in Sun Valley, included cutting, grinding, or polishing slabs, you may have two claims. One is workers' comp through the employer's insurance. The other is a lawsuit against 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
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