SHIPYARD INJURY CLAIMS CAN BE COMPLEX EVEN FOR THE BEST MARITIME ATTORNEYS

    hi welcome to my Channel please like comment and subscribe sip job workers are employed in ports harbors and other protective Waters to perform shipbuilding personal maintenance Ship Repair and ship breaking OSHA has repeatedly recognize the dangers associated with working in a shipyard where the accident rate is typically twice as high as the general workplace average for Shipyard workers accident safety is an Ever present concern Shipyard employees are often often amphibious nature subject to the Longshore and Harper workers some compensation act this federal law allows injured longshoremen and shipyard workers to receive medical bill payments and also help with overhead expenses while they heal from a workplace injury the trait of is that Longshore usually cannot also sue their employer for the images a skilled Maori team lawyer can help you look for exceptions to that rule there may also be third parties that cost or contributed to your injury the lhwca likely does not prohibit it negligence claim against this entireties that is why injured shipyard worker should speak with Maritime legal council in addition to lhwca console before the Department of Labor not that very endurance suffered in his Shipyard is compensable under maritime law in fact many are not however this is your injury and it has 

    changed your life you should likely turn over every stone insert potential compensation attorneys can help you and hear about your keys then we're going to help you identify potentially relevant third-party defendants like vessel owners and independent contractors there are overlapping stages of and common law remedies there are also many types of workers laboring both and off of your ship for recurs the injured claimant in entitled to maybe so unclear that it should be retirement before a judge or jury the bottom line is that all Maritime workers should be protested from danger and compensated when they are insured hiring a Maritime lawyer is the first step to making sure that your interest and protected the lhwca applies to marketing workers into near navigable Waters such as dog workers workers for paying ships Harbor workers forklift operator longshoremen and cargo workers this law is a federal workers compensation program administered by the U.S Department of Labor the lhwca program is the no fault program so that workers are entitled to receive communication and benefits regardless of who may have been at fault for the incidents or injury the lhwca provides Medical Care and income benefits to Injured Workers who are covered by this law as well as death benefits to eligible survivors of artistic marketing employee temporary disability benefits may also be available workers are also entitled to receive compensation for reasonable and necessary medical treatment that on the high seas act or t-o-s-h-a is a federal maritime law that applies to marketing workers who are injured in an accident occurring at least three months from U.S Shores or territories d-o-s-h-a provides death benefit to a surviving Sports child dependence or representative when a wrongful act or necklace causes a work search date outer continental shelf plans act or ocsla is a federal law that extends to write a 40 by the lhwca to those employers working for appraisals on the outer continental shelf area of the United States the flow also applies to workers on an offshore platform will reach another fixed structure ocsla defines other continental shelf as all submerged landslines and outside on the area of land finite's inevitable Waters and of which the subsoil and seabed effort time to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control chance act the chance act also known as The Merchant Marine Act of 1920. it is a federal law that applies to seaman who injured results from the negligence of their employer prior to the Jones act Simeon injured Etsy had little resources because they were not able to hold their employers accountable for injuries and accidents that occurred at work the journalist act kept semen the ability to file an Aggregates lawsuit against 

        their employer for work-related injuries unlike the traditional workers compensation laws additionally under the John's egg injured Siemens may also collect maintenance and cure benefits from their employers to cover items such as the cost of living on land and medical care and also treatment this Maritime laws help injured marketing workers obtain compensation for the injuries they sustained while working at their Maritime job there may be other laws that also may be available to an injured margin depending on where the accident took place compensation available to marketing workers injured on the job marketing workers injured on the job suffer from a variety of different physical and financial damages marketing workers may be entitled to compensation for the following types of expenses and damages depending on the specific circumstances of the Injured Workers keys yeah medical expenses future medical expenses lost wages pain and suffering future Rehabilitation maintenance and cure for more information on Maritime injury laws see the article called Maritime legislation that protects you real world examples involving offshore injuries endures the marketing worker occur in a variety of different situations one danger is the risk of explosions when vessels transport flammable substances for example in October 2020 the Russian oil tanker exploded in the sea of azov pack 13 crew members worked aboard the vessels and tree went missing after the explosion the explosion may have occurred by flammable Vapors that were left behind from the vessels previous cargo it transported after the explosion the tanker had to be towed back to the shore as it was not able to operate properly in addition 

    the commercial fishing industry also presents many dangers to Maritime workers commercial fishing often entails the harvesting of fresh fish and other Seafood from their natural habitats according to the National Institute for occupational safety and health or niosh commercial fishing in one is one of the most dangerous occupation in the United States in fact according to niosh from 1000 until 2017 commercial fishermen experienced a fatality rate over of 114 deaths per 100 000 full-time workers compared to that of four dead per 1000 full-time workers among all U.S workers an example of a tragic fishing accident occurred in June 2020 when official was drafted sold Jetty in the seals Lost River Bar near Florence Oregon and started taking on water the U.S Coast 

Guard responded to the fossils distress to help rescue workers who abandoned the ship unfortunately two individuals lost their lives as a result of this commercial fishing boat accidents some Maritime workers are even injured in untraditional manners while working aboard a vessel because of the sudden movements that the vessels makes unexpectedly sometimes for example several years ago a crew member was injured by a breath truly in the Kelly of cruise ship thank you so much for watching don't forget to like comment and subscribe