People who work in the maritime industry have special protections provided to them through the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). This act covers a variety of individuals in the industry, including harbor workers, longshoremen, ship loaders and...
Longshore Act
Explore the benefits available through the Longshore Act
Longshoremen and harbor workers provide valuable services to New York and Manhattan residents by ensuring a steady supply of goods. It is excellent work with good pay, but maritime industries in general are filled with risks.Those working in harbors, on docks and at...
Maritime workers have rights to medical benefits if they’re hurt
The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) is a federal law that covers workers on the navigable waters of the United States should they become disabled. It provides them with compensation for medical care and vocational rehabilitation among other...
Can you recover damages if you’re hurt while working at sea?
The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) was enacted to provide compensation to workers who were injured while on the job in the United States' navigable waters. Most any worker who becomes disabled is entitled to medical care, lost wages and...
The 4 most common types of injuries among longshore workers
Some of the most costly injuries that maritime workers have to contend with are workplace strain ones. A 2017 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index study revealed that maritime employers paid out over $13.8 billion for overexertion injuries that year. Four types of...
What is paralysis?
Paralysis is the result of an abnormality that occurs somewhere along the neurological path that sends signals from your brain to your muscles and vice versa. Because of the disruption of the neurological signals, you experience either a partial or complete...
Loss of consortium and the Longshore Act
Those in Manhattan who work in the maritime industry likely understand that the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act offers them financial assistance if and when they are injured on the job. Yet exactly how far do those benefits extend. Oftentimes, a...
How does the Longshore Act define injury?
The great benefit of the Longshore Act is that it protects people who work on Manhattan docks or on the navigable waters of the United States if they should suffer injury. However, some in New York may wonder how far the Longshore Act goes in offering help to injured...
What is the Defense Base Act?
If you are a civilian from New York who received injuries while working as a private employee on a military base in the desert nations of Iraq or Afghanistan, you may wonder what the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act has to do with you. According to the...
Detailing the Defense Base Act
No one in Manhattan ever anticipates getting injured when they go into work. There may be certain professions, however, where exposure to certain risks is inherent. If you work on a U.S. military installation (or are contracted with the U.S. government to provide work...