Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

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United States federal statute workers’ compensation law

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is a federal law that provides workers’ compensation benefits to maritime employees injured on navigable waters or adjoining areas used in loading, unloading, repairing, or building vessels.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
LHWCA	1
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act amendments of 1972	1
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act program	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ workers’ compensation law ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs ⓘ United States Department of Labor ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Labor
allows	claims for occupational disease ⓘ
amendedBy	1972 amendments expanding landward coverage ⓘ 1984 amendments revising benefits and procedures ⓘ
appealsTo	Benefits Review Board ⓘ
appliesToInjuriesOn	adjoining areas used in building vessels ⓘ adjoining areas used in loading vessels ⓘ adjoining areas used in repairing vessels ⓘ adjoining areas used in unloading vessels ⓘ navigable waters of the United States ⓘ
basedOn	no-fault compensation principle ⓘ
codifiedAs	33 U.S.C. §§ 901–950 ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 33 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision	Section 20 presumptions in favor of the claimant ⓘ Section 33 for third-party liability ⓘ Section 8 for disability compensation ⓘ Section 9 for death benefits ⓘ
coversOccupation	harbor workers ⓘ longshore workers ⓘ ship repair workers ⓘ ship-breakers ⓘ shipbuilders ⓘ
disputeResolutionBy	administrative law judges ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
excludes	masters or members of a crew of a vessel ⓘ seamen covered under the Jones Act ⓘ
furtherAppealsTo	United States courts of appeals ⓘ
imposes	penalties on employers for failure to secure compensation ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasisFor	employer liability without fault for covered injuries ⓘ
primaryPurpose	provide workers’ compensation benefits to certain maritime employees ⓘ
protects	maritime workers not covered as seamen under the Jones Act ⓘ
provides	employer immunity from most tort suits for covered injuries ⓘ scheduled awards for certain permanent partial disabilities ⓘ vocational rehabilitation services in some cases ⓘ
providesBenefitType	death benefits ⓘ disability compensation ⓘ medical benefits ⓘ wage replacement benefits ⓘ
relationshipTo	Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ⓘ surface form: Jones Act state workers’ compensation laws ⓘ
requires	covered employers to secure payment of compensation ⓘ filing of claims within statutory time limits ⓘ notice of injury to employer within specified time limits ⓘ
shortName	Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: LHWCA

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs → administersProgram → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act program

Benefits Review Board → establishedByStatute → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act amendments of 1972

Defense Base Act → extends → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) → incorporates → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs → legalBasis → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

Defense Base Act → relatedTo → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act → relatedTo → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

Benefits Review Board → reviewsUnderStatute → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act → shortName → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: LHWCA

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board → subjectToLaw → Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ