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Did you work with Hughes Tool Company Drill Bits, Rotary Drilling Equipment, Drilling-Mud Handling Components? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Hughes Tool Company Drill Bits, Rotary Drilling Equipment, Drilling-Mud Handling Components, sold from 1908 until 1987 (Hughes Tool); successor Baker Hughes; asbestos era through the 1980s. Hughes Tool Company (founded by Howard R. Hughes Sr.) was the dominant U.S. manufacturer of rotary drill bits and rotary-drilling equipment through the asbestos era. Plaintiffs allege Hughes Tool drilling equipment used asbestos gaskets and packing, asbestos drilling-fluid handling insulation, and asbestos brake-block material on rotary drilling machinery. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos gaskets and packing on drilling equipment; asbestos insulation on heated drilling-fluid handling equipment; asbestos brake-block material on draw-works and rotary table brakes. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Oilfield drilling crews, Drilling rig hands, Oilfield mechanics, and Oilfield mud engineers. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Hughes Tool Company Drill Bits, Rotary Drilling Equipment, Drilling-Mud Handling Components and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Hughes Tool Company (founded 1908 by Howard R. Hughes Sr.; merged with Baker International in 1987 to form Baker Hughes; today Baker Hughes Company, headquartered Houston TX) was through the 20th century the dominant U.S. manufacturer of rotary drill bits, rotary drilling equipment, and oilfield drilling tools. Hughes Tool’s tricone roller-cone drill bit — invented by Howard Hughes Sr. in 1908 — and its derivative product line dominated U.S. and global oilfield drilling through the documented asbestos era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Hughes Tool drilling equipment was specified through the asbestos era with:
- Asbestos gaskets and packing on drill-bit assemblies, rotary tables, and drilling-machinery connections
- Asbestos brake-block material on draw-works brakes and rotary table brakes
- Asbestos insulation on heated drilling-fluid handling equipment, mud heaters, and drilling-mud surface equipment
- Asbestos cloth for hot-work and welding-shop operations at Hughes Tool oilfield facilities
Hughes Tool Company / Baker Hughes has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Oilfield drilling crews (drillers, derrick hands, floor hands, motormen)
- Drilling rig hands servicing Hughes Tool drill bits and drilling equipment
- Oilfield mechanics at drilling-rig service facilities
- Oilfield mud engineers working drilling-fluid handling equipment
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