Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Federal Act (33 U.S.C.A. No. 901 et seq.) designed to provide workers' compensation benefits to employees, other than seamen, or private employers any of whose employees work in maritime employment upon the navigable waters of the United States (including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel). The principal employments subject to the Act are stevedoring and ship service operations. The Act is administered by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

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