Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)
E34511
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) is a federal statutory scheme that provides workers’ compensation coverage and related remedies for employees injured while working on offshore oil and gas operations on the U.S. outer continental shelf.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T263981 — 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: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) Context triple: [Benefits Review Board, reviewsUnderStatute, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)]
-
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.
-
B.
Oil Pollution Act
The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.
-
C.
Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is the primary U.S. federal law governing marine fisheries management, aimed at preventing overfishing, rebuilding overfished stocks, and ensuring sustainable use of ocean resources.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- 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: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) Target entity description: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) is a federal statutory scheme that provides workers’ compensation coverage and related remedies for employees injured while working on offshore oil and gas operations on the U.S. outer continental shelf.
-
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.
-
B.
Oil Pollution Act
The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.
-
C.
Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is the primary U.S. federal law governing marine fisheries management, aimed at preventing overfishing, rebuilding overfished stocks, and ensuring sustainable use of ocean resources.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal statutory scheme
ⓘ
workers’ compensation law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Department of Labor
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor
|
| administeredUnder | procedures of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
employees injured while working on offshore oil and gas operations
ⓘ
employees working on the U.S. outer continental shelf ⓘ injuries occurring seaward of state territorial boundaries on the outer continental shelf ⓘ injuries with a substantial nexus to outer continental shelf operations ⓘ |
| appliesWhen | state workers’ compensation law cannot be effectively applied to the situs of injury ⓘ |
| benefitsInclude |
death benefits to eligible survivors
ⓘ
medical benefits for work-related injuries ⓘ wage-loss compensation for disabled workers ⓘ |
| covers |
employees engaged in exploration, development, and production of offshore oil and gas resources
ⓘ
employees of contractors and subcontractors engaged in offshore mineral development ⓘ injuries arising out of and in the course of employment on the outer continental shelf ⓘ injuries occurring on fixed offshore platforms on the outer continental shelf ⓘ |
| effectiveIn | U.S. outer continental shelf areas adjacent to coastal states ⓘ |
| enactedToAddress | lack of clear workers’ compensation coverage for offshore workers beyond state territorial waters ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs ⓘ |
| excludes | masters or members of a crew of a vessel ⓘ |
| governs |
benefits for disability and death of covered offshore employees
ⓘ
workers’ compensation for certain offshore oil and gas workers ⓘ |
| incorporates | Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| legalBasis | 43 U.S.C. § 1333(b) ⓘ |
| legalNature | federal extension of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act coverage to offshore operations ⓘ |
| limits | availability of certain tort remedies against employers ⓘ |
| partOf |
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
|
| provides |
exclusive workers’ compensation remedy against covered employers for covered injuries
ⓘ
related remedies for covered employees ⓘ workers’ compensation coverage ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure compensation for offshore workers injured in the course of employment
ⓘ
to fill gaps in state workers’ compensation coverage for offshore operations ⓘ |
| relationshipTo |
Merchant Marine Act of 1920
ⓘ
surface form:
Jones Act
state workers’ compensation statutes ⓘ |
| remedyType | no-fault workers’ compensation remedy ⓘ |
| requires | employers to secure payment of compensation for covered employees ⓘ |
| scope | offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the outer continental shelf ⓘ |
| standardOfCausation | injury must result from operations on the outer continental shelf involving exploration, development, or production of minerals ⓘ |
| statutoryContext | part of federal regulation of offshore mineral resource development ⓘ |
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: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) Description of subject: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) is a federal statutory scheme that provides workers’ compensation coverage and related remedies for employees injured while working on offshore oil and gas operations on the U.S. outer continental shelf.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Benefits Review Board
→
reviewsUnderStatute
→
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)
ⓘ
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)
→
partOf
→
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act