Articles for Caesarstone

Caesarstone alleged to be hiding behind Israel's war in Gaza to slow silicosis compensation claim
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Caesarstone alleged to be hiding behind Israel's war in Gaza to slow silicosis compensation claim

ABC  

Joshua Bucklow is 42 and has been given about 20 years to live. "The war in Gaza … has apparently caused them not to be able to discover digital documents in Israel for the benefit of an Australian proceeding," Mr Walsh told 7.30. "Engineered stone, it was dusty … you'd look like Casper after cutting it," Mr Bucklow told 7.30. …

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Jury finds stone companies at fault in lawsuit by countertop cutter sick with silicosis
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Jury finds stone companies at fault in lawsuit by countertop cutter sick with silicosis

LA Times  

Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez cut engineered stone at Orange County workshops like this one, where he is pictured with his mother. Attorney James Nevin, who represents Reyes Gonzalez, said most had “resolved the case pursuant to confidential agreements.” Strotz, representing Caesarstone USA, declined to comment on the verdict. “This chain of safety starts with them.” In its verdict, the jury had …

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Incurable silicosis cost a countertop cutter his lungs. Are these companies at fault?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Incurable silicosis cost a countertop cutter his lungs. Are these companies at fault?

LA Times  

Caesarstone, which has a facility in Sun Valley, is one of the companies named in an L.A. County lawsuit. Dr. Robert Harrison, a professor of occupational medicine at UC San Francisco who has done research on silicosis among countertop cutters, said a decision for the plaintiff would “send a message to manufacturers that they are accountable for producing a toxic …

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How to make a small kitchen look luxurious
8 months, 1 week ago

How to make a small kitchen look luxurious

The Independent  

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California countertop workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier
1 year, 1 month ago

California countertop workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier

LA Times  

When Wendy Solano first heard the word “silicosis,” her husband Jose Raul Garcia Leon was already suffering from the incurable disease that would kill him. “This is an epidemic of silicosis — a completely preventable lung disease — in this industry all for the sake of having a fashionable kitchen countertop,” Hoy said. Cal/OSHA officials have generally described silicosis as …

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Damning silicosis report calls for world-first ban on deadly engineered stone — will governments listen?
1 year, 1 month ago

Damning silicosis report calls for world-first ban on deadly engineered stone — will governments listen?

ABC  

The resounding message of the Safe Work Australia report is simple: Ban engineered stone benchtops and save worker lives. Parker's words are even more pointed: "Engineered stone benchtops are straight up killing people and the only way to stop it is to ban it." "There is no toxicological evidence of a 'safe' threshold of crystalline silica content, or that the …

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