Priceless Granite Surfaces LLC: Washington L&I silica citations

Inspection reason: Violations carried over from Citation and Notice 317986678, issued 10/30/2025, were cited as failure to abate.

Silica dust: the findings

• Hazards of respirable crystalline silica were missing from the shop's written hazard communication program.
• How workers are kept safe from silica exposure was missing from the program.
• There was no chemical inventory in the program. A failure to abate under the earlier citation, this item came with a correction deadline of 08/17/2026 and a $500 assessed penalty.

More hazards from the same citation

• Neither the pit nor the tower/tank, both permit-required confined spaces, had warning signs or any other way to keep people out. The item counted as a failure to abate and got fixed during the inspection.
• A medical evaluation was not done before one employee chose to use a half-face air purifying respirator. This counted as a failure to abate, and it was fixed during the inspection.

The employer's time to answer the citation: An appeal had to be filed within 15 working days of the citation. Unless the citation was appealed, payment was due 15 working days after receipt. For item 1-2, proof that the correction was made had a deadline of 08/17/2026.

For anyone who worked at Priceless Granite Surfaces

Most new silicosis cases diagnosed in the US now occur in shops cutting quartz and other engineered stone. If you were cutting, grinding, or polishing slabs at the Priceless Granite Surfaces shop in Granite Falls, you may be able to make two claims. They are workers' comp via the employer's insurance, plus a lawsuit against the firms that made the stone.

Silica citations from Washington L&I have hit Priceless Granite Surfaces more than once: in Granite Falls during July 2026, and again there in October 2025.