RM Masonry and Stucco Inc., Denton: OSHA silica citation
Workers at RM Masonry and Stucco Inc. in Denton, Texas were exposed to silica dust, and OSHA cited the company for it. On September 21, 2021, the Labor Department made the citation public.
What inspectors found at the whole workplace goes in the citation; your own health and work there decide whether you can claim.
- Penalty proposed, all hazards
- $216,265
- Violations found, every hazard in the citation
- Repeat: 9, and serious: 6
- Announced
- September 21, 2021
- Agency
- OSHA
- Where
- Denton, Texas
- Kind of work
- A construction company that does Masonry and stucco
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Inspection reason: A Regional Emphasis Program covering construction industry falls.
Silica dust: the findings
- Inspectors in March 2021 again found silica hazards that workers faced.
- In 2018 and 2019, the company had already been cited for similar violations.
More hazards from this citation
- The scaffolding lacked proper planking and securing.
- No ladder was set up for leaving the scaffolding safely.
- Nobody inspected the scaffolding.
The employer's time to answer the citation: Once it received the citations and penalties, the company had 15 working days to comply, to ask OSHA's area director for an informal conference, or to challenge the findings before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, an independent body.
For those who worked at RM Masonry and Stucco
Silica dust is released when concrete, block and masonry get cut, mixed and finished. Workers' comp is usually where a silicosis claim begins for RM Masonry and Stucco workers in Denton, and a lawyer can find out if the manufacturer of a product or of equipment can be sued as well.
Two ways to claim in Texas
Workers' comp claims in Texas
- to file for workers' comp, once you learn the job caused it
- 1 year
- to let your employer know you're sick
- 30 days
The Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation is where you file a workers' comp claim in Texas (official site).
In Texas, private employers aren't required to carry workers' comp. If yours had no coverage (Texas calls this a non-subscriber), there is no workers' comp claim, but you can usually sue the employer itself. What a non-subscriber is
Your employer in Texas must be told you're ill within 30 days. The clock starts on the day you knew, or should have known, your work might be to blame. The claim itself must reach the state within a year of the date you learned, or ought to have learned, that your work caused the illness. (Texas Labor Code §409.001 and §409.003)
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
Free claim review by phone
Source: official announcement 21-1679-DAL from the U.S. Labor Department. Labor Department news releases are where these records come from; they're refreshed monthly.
More Texas employers with silica citations
- Emanuel Enterprises LLC in Houston
- Cavco Industries Inc. in Austin
- Artco-Bell Corp. in Temple