If you or a family member have worked as a fabricator, cutter, polisher, or installer of engineered stone (also know as Quartz, artificial or manufactured stone countertops), and have been diagnosed with any type of silicosis or lung cancer, or think that you potentially could have silicosis, contact The Steinberg Law Group call us at 888-891-2200 for a free consultation.

Even if you are an undocumented immigrant, you may be entitled to financial compensation. The lack of documentation does not impact an engineered stone worker’s legal right to a safe work space working with safe products, or to seek compensation for the injuries he or she has sustained.

Call us at 800-800-2027 for a free consultation.

Engineered/artificial/manufactured/composite stone (Quartz) is popular in home and commercial construction. These slab materials contain up to 90-95% silica fibers. Engineered stone is sold by the manufacturers as an unfinished slab or block product that then must be fabricated by fabrication shops before it can be installed in a consumer’s home. When the engineered stone is fabricated, cut, ground, polished, drilled, or installed, hazardous levels of microscopic silica dust are released into the air. Safety prevention measures recommended by the manufacturers are not effective at protecting fabricators, cutters, polishers, and installers from inhaling the silica fibers. Exposure to silica dust is a health hazard for workers who manufacture, fabricate, finish, and install engineered stone countertops, and anyone working around them because it can cause silicosis, which is the formation of scar tissue, or fibrosis, within the lungs. Symptoms of silicosis can include cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, and chronic respiratory disease.