James Nevin

“If only it had come sooner, it might have spared them as well.”

James Nevin · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08

Nevin lamented in an email that the prohibition did not come sooner to spare workers already affected.

“CAL-OSHA’s prohibition on crystalline silica artificial stone slabs gives them great comfort that their sons, cousins, and friends who work with them in their trade might be spared from a horrific suffocating death,”

James Nevin · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08

Nevin, whose firm represents about 600 silicosis victims, said in an email that the Cal/OSHA ban gives workers' families comfort.