LONGSHORE & HARBOR WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT
If you work on the docks in the Port of Long Beach or the Port of Los Angeles and experience an on the job injury, then you are entitled to benefits through OWCP (Office of Workers Compensation Program) under the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act. Under the longshore act, you can be employed as a seaman, fork lift operator, crane operator, stevedore, repair worker or various other types of dock and shipyard workers, and be entitled to benefits. There are additional types of job classifications that fall under the longshore act and these include:
- NAFI (Non Appropriate Fund Instrumentalities Act )- Employees working on Navy Exchange Bases
- DBA (Defense Base Act) – Employees of Government Contractors working overseas on base projects
- which could include rebuilding missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Outer Continental Shelf Act – Various types of workers employed on platforms outside of state jurisdiction
- that are not crew members and still within navigal US waters
Our lawyers have been working with and fighting for the rights of injured longshoreman for over 30 years. Your longshore injury may entitle you to medical benefits, lost wages, loss of future earnings capacity, and in some cases death benefits. It is important that you choose an attorney to handle your claim that understands the complexity of the type of job you were doing when injured so as to protect your right to claim benefits under the longshore act. Trust our highly qualified lawyers to handle your longshore workers compensation case, call us today for a free consultation.
