Working on the water demands constant alertness. Your safety depends on your ability to stay focused during long shifts. However, fatigue remains one of the most dangerous threats to maritime workers. When exhaustion sets in, your risk of serious injury increases...
Maritime workers know the obvious dangers of their job like falling overboard, getting struck by equipment or slipping on wet decks. You take precautions against these visible risks every day. However, some of the most serious health problems come from hazards you...
Falling overboard while working in blue water—perhaps far, far beyond the territorial waters near shore—can be one of the most dangerous and traumatic kinds of accidents that a maritime worker can experience. In these open-sea environments, rescue operations are more...
Working in a maritime environment comes with many risks. Heavy equipment on a vessel can cause struck-by incidents. Chemical exposure, interpersonal violence and environmental hazards are also all safety concerns. The vessel itself can be a hazard if fleet owners...
The Jones Act is a key component of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. This is an important safeguard for seafarers in the United States. It provides safeguards for people who work on vessels that operate in navigable waters under United States laws. They must be...
Professional fisherman have very dangerous and demanding jobs. They may spend hours out on the open ocean performing physically-demanding tasks to help keep the nation fed. They often receive relatively competitive wages given how difficult and dangerous their work...
Most maritime workers understand that their jobs are innately hazardous. Seafaring vessels have heavy equipment that is a potential source of injury. The ocean itself is also a constant source of risk. All it takes is a single misplaced step or a particularly large...
Blue-water mariners are employees who go out on the open ocean as part of their regular job responsibilities. They may work on container ships, oil transportation vessels or even cruise ships. They may face a host of different hazards on the job, from injuries caused...
The federal court system oversees maritime injuries in New Jersey and other states in the United States. They may assign the case to a state court system if they wish and order states to try several parties who may be guilty of wrongdoing in the same case. Injured...
The Longshore Act and Jones Act are federal laws that provide benefits and protections to New York workers in the maritime industry. However, they have some crucial differences in their scope and application. The Jones Act This federal law applies to workers on...