Was Brown & Root / Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) — asbestos documented in litigation?

Brown & Root / Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) — is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to Brown & Root / Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Brown & Root / Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) — products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Industrial-Furnaces

Brown & Root / KBR Refinery, Petrochemical, Offshore Platform, and Industrial EPC Construction Projects

⚖ Litigation Record1919-present (Brown & Root era; KBR 1998-present; asbestos era through 1980s)Asbestos refractory and block insulation; asbestos pipe covering; asbestos gaskets and packing; asbestos marine insulation on offshore platforms; spray-applied asbestos fireproofing

Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Premises Description

Brown & Root, Inc. (founded 1919 by Herman and George R. Brown, headquartered Houston Texas; acquired by Halliburton 1962; merged with M.W. Kellogg in 1998 to form Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR); today KBR, Inc.) was through the 20th century one of the largest U.S. engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors — particularly dominant in Gulf Coast refinery and petrochemical construction, offshore oil-platform construction, and U.S. military base construction (including major Vietnam-era U.S. military infrastructure projects).

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Brown & Root / KBR-engineered and Brown & Root-constructed refineries, petrochemical units, offshore platforms, and defense/military projects specified through the asbestos era extensive asbestos-containing materials and that Brown & Root exposed pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, offshore platform workers, and construction-trade workers dispatched to Brown & Root / KBR EPC projects to extensive asbestos.

Brown & Root / KBR has been named as a Premises/Construction Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

Refinery pipefitters (UA Local members) during Brown & Root EPC construction
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Brown & Root construction crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building Brown & Root-installed equipment
Offshore platform workers on Brown & Root offshore construction
Vietnam-era U.S. military construction workers on Brown & Root RMK-BRJ projects
Construction-trade workforces on Brown & Root Gulf Coast petrochemical projects

If You Worked on a Brown & Root / KBR Project

If you worked on a Brown & Root or Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)-engineered or -constructed refinery, petrochemical, offshore platform, defense, or infrastructure project during the asbestos era — as a Brown & Root / KBR employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

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Product Facts

Trade NameBrown & Root / KBR Refinery, Petrochemical, Offshore Platform, and Industrial EPC Construction Projects

Years Produced1919-present (Brown & Root era; KBR 1998-present; asbestos era through 1980s)

Asbestos ContentAsbestos refractory and block insulation; asbestos pipe covering; asbestos gaskets and packing; asbestos marine insulation on offshore platforms; spray-applied asbestos fireproofing

CategoryIndustrial-Furnaces Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Refinery pipefittersInsulatorsBoilermakersOffshore platform workers

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