Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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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.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T263978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Context triple: [Benefits Review Board, reviewsUnderStatute, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act]
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A.
Merchant Marine Act of 1970
The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
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B.
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
The Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board is an independent adjudicatory body that reviews and decides appeals of federal workers’ compensation claims under the U.S. Department of Labor’s jurisdiction.
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C.
Merchant Marine Act of 1936
The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
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D.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 is a U.S. federal law that regulates internal union affairs and union–management relations, emphasizing financial transparency, democratic procedures, and protections for union members’ rights.
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E.
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a landmark U.S. labor law that established federal minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections for American workers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Target entity description: 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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A.
Merchant Marine Act of 1970
The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
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B.
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
The Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board is an independent adjudicatory body that reviews and decides appeals of federal workers’ compensation claims under the U.S. Department of Labor’s jurisdiction.
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C.
Merchant Marine Act of 1936
The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
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D.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 is a U.S. federal law that regulates internal union affairs and union–management relations, emphasizing financial transparency, democratic procedures, and protections for union members’ rights.
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E.
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a landmark U.S. labor law that established federal minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections for American workers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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workers’ compensation law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
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United States Department of Labor ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor
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| allows | claims for occupational disease ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
1972 amendments expanding landward coverage
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1984 amendments revising benefits and procedures ⓘ |
| appealsTo | Benefits Review Board ⓘ |
| appliesToInjuriesOn |
adjoining areas used in building vessels
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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
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Section 33 for third-party liability ⓘ Section 8 for disability compensation ⓘ Section 9 for death benefits ⓘ |
| coversOccupation |
harbor workers
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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
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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
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| 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
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scheduled awards for certain permanent partial disabilities ⓘ vocational rehabilitation services in some cases ⓘ |
| providesBenefitType |
death benefits
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disability compensation ⓘ medical benefits ⓘ wage replacement benefits ⓘ |
| relationshipTo |
Merchant Marine Act of 1920
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surface form:
Jones Act
state workers’ compensation laws ⓘ |
| requires |
covered employers to secure payment of compensation
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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
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surface form:
LHWCA
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act amendments of 1972
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
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subjectToLaw
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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shortName
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
LHWCA
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)
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incorporates
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
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administersProgram
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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this entity surface form:
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act program
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
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legalBasis
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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