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Working on a oil rig requires daily safety checks. Louisiana residents who work on oil rigs may come to consider their days as routine, but they are often anything but that. Every day is another opportunity for a 'fixed equipment mechanical integrity failure' to...
If you receive any major injuries or diseases while working on Louisiana waters, you will want to receive compensation as soon as you can. You need to cover any medical expenses that arise from the incident, especially if your condition is negatively impacting your...
Working on the waters in and around Louisiana may provide you with a lucrative living, but it also exposes you to certain risks and hazards. You may understandably be concerned about how your injuries will be covered if you are hurt while working. You may know that...
Many Louisiana residents want to see the world. One way to do that is to work for a company that provides you with the opportunity to travel. Perhaps you ended up working for the Armed Forces or another federal agency in a foreign country, a U.S. territory or a U.S....
Ever since the Defense Base Act’s creation in 1941, there has been confusion over what types of workers are eligible for insurance coverage under this program. While we’ve already discussed how the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs oversees...
The Jones Act and Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) are two acts with mutually exclusive coverage. Knowing which act you are eligible for can be confusing if you are a maritime employee and have been injured on a vessel or around a vessel....
Louisiana workers who are eligible for workers' compensation benefits are not required to prove much above whether the accident occurred at work and in the performance of work duties. However, for seamen who fall under the Jones Act instead of workers' compensation,...
Getting injured on the job is never the ideal situation. For anyone. Then, when your employment situation has a lot of different levels, things starts to get complicated very fast. You're working in a government area and those are the people who supervise your work,...
Most seafarers know that if they suffer injuries while working on Louisiana's navigable waters, they can turn to either the Jones Act or the Longshore and Harbor Workers Act for compensation. What about the families of those seamen who lose their lives while...
It is no surprise to those Louisiana residents who work on oil rigs that their jobs come with a significant amount of risk. Even though the hazards come from a variety of sources, explosions in recent years have made it more than clear that risks can lead to serious...
