Mississippi Complaint Seeks Damages for Hundreds of Sandblasters Exposed to Silica

MACON, Miss. - More than 200 plaintiffs recently sued several dozen defendants here over injuries incurred allegedly as a result of years of on-the-job exposure to silica. Brown, et al. v. Dependable Abrasives, et al., No. 2002-317 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Noxubee Cty.).

In a complaint filed in Noxubee County Circuit Court, the plaintiff sandblasters claim they suffered serious and life-threatening injuries because of their exposure to the sand product and the alleged failure of their respiratory equipment.

According to the complaint, the defendants named in the suit who sold silica-containing products to the foundry where the plaintiffs worked were aware …