Trendy fake stone worktops linked to dozens of deaths have finally been banned as new rules are introduced to keep workers safe. Young stonemasons will no longer be allowed to dry cut quartz ...

A former stoneworker named Lopez sat confined to his East Bay home, breathing with the help of a whirring oxygen supply machine through clear tubes pronged to his nostrils. After years of making ...

Leobardo Segura Meza is 27 years old. He is a migrant worker who came to the U.S. in 2012, started work as a engineered stone countertop cutter and by 2022 was on the transplant list to replace ...

A Los Angeles County jury found businesses that make or distribute engineered stone at fault Wednesday for the suffering of a 34-year-old stonecutter afflicted with an incurable disease. In a decision ...

Silica dust is a very fine dust produced when products such as bricks, concrete and pavers are cut or drilled. Artificial stone, which is used mainly for kitchen benchtops, is a particularly potent ...