Stone Etc Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 23, 2018 (fatal): Employee is exposed to silica while cutting stone and dies f

At 8:10 a.m. on September 29, 2018, an employee who had worked at Stone Etc. Inc., from 2004 until 2013. While employed there, the employee polished and cut both stone and engineered stone. The employee was diagnosed with silicosis in 2013 and death has been attributed to his condition.

Incident on Feb 8, 2006: Employee's pelvic is fractured when struck by granite slabs

At approximately 9:30 p.m. on February 8, 2006, Employee #1, a polisher, was ass igned to help a driver to unload the granite slabs from a flat bed truck. The sl abs were stacked on a removable metal A-frame type structure. At first, the slab s directly behind the driver side were unloaded via forklift. Due to restricted space, the load on the passenger side was harder to access and therefore the tru ck had to be repositioned. According to Employee #1, he told the driver that the slabs had to be secured before moving the truck. He then climbed the truck's be d and waited for the driver to hand him the slings. However, according to the dr iver, he told Employee #1 to secure the slabs and entered the trucks cabin. The driver did not check whether the load was secure and moved the truck after getti ng the signal from the other employee. According to the driver, he first moved f orward and then moved backwards, hitting a pothole when the accident occurred. A ccording to Employee #1, the 11 granite slabs first tilted against his back. He tried to push the slabs back towards the frame and jump from the truck. However, the slabs were not stabilized and dropped on the right side of Employee #1's bo dy. He fractured his pelvic, femur and right scapula. Employee #1 was assisted b y his coworkers and was transported to Harbor UCLA Medical Center, where he was hospitalized.