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Did you work with Snap-Tite Hose (Rockwood Manufacturing? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Snap-Tite Hose (Rockwood Manufacturing, sold from the 1940s until the 1980s. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Snap-Tite Hose (Rockwood Manufacturing / Angus Fire) asbestos-jacketed rubber-lined fire hose was supplied to municipal fire departments and industrial fire-suppression systems and allegedly released fibers during deployment, repair, testing, and disposal. Allegedly, woven-asbestos outer jacket over the rubber-lined fire hose core, selected for radiant-heat and abrasion protection during municipal fire attack and industrial fire suppression; fiber release during hose deployment, re-loading, repair, testing, and end-of-life disposal. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Municipal Firefighters, Industrial Fire Brigades, Naval Shipboard Damage-Control Firefighting Parties, and Fire Hose Crews and Hydraulic-Line Personnel. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Snap-Tite Hose (Rockwood Manufacturing 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
Snap-Tite Hose (Rockwood Manufacturing, later associated with Angus Fire) was a major supplier of woven-jacket rubber-lined fire hose to U.S. municipal fire service, industrial fire brigades, and shipboard damage-control fire mains. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that pre-1980s Snap-Tite fire hose allegedly incorporated a woven-asbestos outer jacket over the rubber-lined core, selected for its radiant-heat resistance and abrasion durability during interior fire attack.
Allegedly, these Underwriters Laboratories (UL)-approved-era hoses were used for structural attack lines, industrial fire-suppression systems, and shipboard damage-control fire mains.
Workers Exposed
- Municipal firefighters — allegedly exposed during hose deployment, advance under heat, and pack-up on-scene as fibers released from the abraded jacket
- Industrial fire brigades — refinery, chemical plant, and steel mill brigade members allegedly exposed during fixed-system charging and mobile hose lay
- Naval shipboard damage-control firefighting parties — allegedly exposed where woven-jacket fire hose was used on shipboard fire mains before non-asbestos jackets became standard
- Fire hose crews and hydraulic-line personnel — allegedly exposed during hose testing, drying, and re-loading at the firehouse
- Fire equipment maintenance personnel — allegedly exposed during hose inspection, patching, section-cutting, coupling replacement, and end-of-life disposal
- Fire training academy instructors — allegedly exposed through repeated live-burn evolutions using asbestos-jacket training hose
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