Workers at jobsites in the state of Texas where asbestos materials were present may be at risk of developing mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lung cancer, or other asbestos-related diseases.
Individuals or their loved ones who were exposed before 1982 and have been diagnosed with health conditions linked to asbestos may qualify to file a lawsuit or file a claim with an asbestos trust fund and receive financial compensation for their illness.
If you or a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, or other medical conditions, contact the asbestos attorneys at Hissey Mulderig & Friend and start the process of filing your claim today.
You can contact our law office by calling toll-free at 1-855-500-3734, or by filling out the free claims evaluation form on the left side of this page.
Asbestos Job Sites in the State of Texas
Hissey Mulderig & Friend has more than two decades of experience filing mesothelioma and asbestos claims on behalf of workers in the state of Texas and across the United States who were exposed to asbestos-containing materials in the workplace.
Our law firm has identified a number of job sites in the state of Texas where asbestos materials were present, or where workers were commonly exposed to airborne asbestos fibers from the products that they used on the job.
Workers who were employed at one of the following locations may be at risk of developing mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lung cancer, or other diseases as a result of asbestos exposure on the job:
- Alcoa Aluminum – Point Comfort, Texas: Alcoa opened its Point Comfort Refinery in 1948. Before the plant was closed in 2019, the plant was used as an aluminum smelter, as well as a bauxite refinery.
- Alcoa Aluminum – Rockdale, Texas: The aluminum smelter in Rockdale was opened by Alcoa in 1952. The company ended its smeltering operations at the site in 2008, but continued processing aluminum powder in Rockdale until 2014.
- Amoco – Texas City, Texas: Amoco’s Texas City refinery first opened in 1933. Over the following decades, operation of the site has passed to BP and later Marathon Petroleum, who renamed it the Galveston Bay Refinery.
- ARCO – Channelview, TX: ARCO’s petrochemical plant in Channelview was used to produce petroleum additives such as MTBE, propylene oxide, and styrene monomer.
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding – Beaumont, Texas: The Bethlehem Beaumont Shipyard began operations in 1948. Over the following decades, drilling rigs, barges, platforms, and tower barges, and various types of U.S. Navy ships were all built at this Bethlehem Shipbuilding site.
- Celanese – Pasadena, Texas: The Celanese Clear Lake plant in Pasadena first opened in 1964. The complex was used to manufacture a variety of chemicals, including acetic acid, methanol, and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM).
- Dow Chemical – Freeport, Texas: Dow Chemical opened its Freeport chemical plant in 1940. During its first decade, the plant made substances that were used to build airplanes for World War II. The plant currently manufactures a variety of petroleum-derivative products.
- Dupont – Beaumont, Texas: Dupont’s Beaumont Works Industrial Park began operations in 1955. The site was used to manufacturer plastics and other chemical products. Lucite International assumed control of the Beaumont plant in 2005, before it was permanently closed in 2010.
- Dupont Chemical – La Porte, TX: Dupont opened its La Porte chemical plant following the end of the Second World War. The plant manufactured various chemical products for more than 60 years, including textiles, pesticides, and herbicides.
- Dupont – Orange, TX: The Dupont Sabine River Works in Orange first opened in 1947. Products manufactured at the plant included Nylon, as well as various other materials produced by Duport. Control of the plant passed to Dow in 2019.
- Exxon – Baytown, TX: The ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins Plant is Exxon’s third largest petroleum refinery in the U.S. and 10th largest in the world. In addition to serving as a refinery, the plant is also used to manufacture numerous petrochemical products.
- Goodyear – Beaumont, TX: Goodyear opened its Beaumont manufacturing plant in 1960 to produce two types of synthetic rubber, Budene and Natsyn. The company opened a second Beaumont plant in 2000, which produces speciality polymers.
- Gulf/Chevron – Baytown, TX: The Gulf-Chevron Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown opened in 1962. The plant was the largest petrochemical location in the world that was owned by Chevron Phillips.
- Gulf Oil – Port Arthur, TX: Gulf Oil’s Port Arthur petroleum refinery produced various fuels and petrochemical products for decades. The plant was later owned by Chevron, and later, Clark Refining (Premcor).
- Gulfport Shipbuilding – Port Arthur, TX: The Gulfport shipyard in Port Arthur was used to build numerous U.S. Navy tank barges, tugboats, and other ships before the site was closed permanently in 1985.
- Levingston Shipbuilding – Orange, TX: The Levingston shipyard along the Sabine River in Orange, Texas was the construction site for several U.S. Navy ships, as well as tank barges and tugboats.
- Monsanto – Texas City, TX: The Monsanto plant in Texas City opened in the 1940s as rubber factory. The plant was the site of a 1947 explosion onboard a U.S. Navy ship, which was one of the largest industrial disasters in U.S. history.
- Phillips 66 – Old Ocean, TX: The Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery in Old Ocean produced various types of fuel as well as many other petroleum products.
- Texaco – Port Arthur, TX: In the decades since in opened in 1903, Texaco’s Port Arthur Refinery produced gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuels, and other petroleum products. The facility was renamed the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery after Texaco was bought by Shell.
- Texaco – Port Neches, TX: Texaco’s refinery in Port Neches was built in the 1940. The refinery produced a number of petrochemical products, including ethylene, MTBE, and propylene.
- Todd Shipyard – Galveston, TX: Todd Shipbuilding opened its Galveston shipyard in 1934. Over the years, the Todd Galveston Drydocks built or repaired more than 100 ships before it was permanently closed in 1990.
- Union Carbide – Seadrift, TX: Union Carbide opened its Seadrift Operations in 1954, before it was later operated by Dow Chemical. This manufacturing plant produce plastics, various chemicals, and oxide derivatives.
- Union Carbide – Texas City, TX: Union Carbide’s Texas City plant opened in 1941. The plant was later acquired by Dow Chemical. More than 30 different types of chemical products were manufactured at this location.
Start Your Claim Today
If you or a loved one worked at one of these job sites or another location in the state of Texas where asbestos materials were used before 1982 and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lung cancer, or other diseases linked to asbestos exposure, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit and receive compensation for your illness and medical expenses.
Workers or their loved ones who believe they may have been exposed to asbestos and suspect that they may have symptoms of an asbestos-related disease may also be eligible to receive a free asbestos health exam courtesy of our law firm.
To start the process of filing your claim today or to receive more information about getting a free asbestos medical exam, contact the lawyers at Hissey Mulderig & Friend by calling our offices toll-free at 1-855-500-3734, or by filling out our free claims submission form located at the top of this page.
