Longshore Insider - General No Tagline - 2C red

The AEU Longshore Insider Blog provides observations on all things USL&H including the latest trends in safety and claims handling, recent Longshore Act court cases, and more.

Topics

AEU LEAD (31)
Aggravation Rule (8)
Aging Workforce (4)
Amendments (12)
Average Weekly Wage (14)
Back Injury Prevention (2)
Benefits Review Board (21)
Borrowed Employee (3)
Bridges (2)
Burden of Proof (5)
Change Management (8)
Claims (55)
Clerical Exclusion (1)
Coaching (3)
Communication (36)
Compensation (2)
Compliance (2)
Concurrent Coverage (1)
Confined Space (1)
Construction Workers (2)
Container Terminals (1)
Court Cases (39)
Coverage (33)
COVID-19 (17)
Crewmember (4)
Cruise Ships (1)
Culture (10)
Cyber Security (1)
Defense Base Act (DBA) (24)
Department of Labor (DOL) (8)
Disability (5)
Discrimination (2)
Diving (1)
Electrical (1)
Emergency Planning & Response (2)
Employee Engagement (12)
Employees (21)
Employer (16)
Ergonomics (10)
Exclusions (11)
Exemption (4)
Extension Cords (1)
Eye Protection (1)
Falls (6)
Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) (1)
Federal Employers Liability Act (2)
Fees (10)
Fines (11)
Fires (3)
Foreign Waters (7)
Forklifts (2)
Fraud (3)
Generational Differences (11)
Hazards (1)
Hearing Loss (14)
Heat Safety (1)
High Seas (4)
Hurricane Preparedness (1)
Independent Contractors (1)
Industrial Hygiene (1)
Industry Trends (4)
Informal Conferences (1)
Intoxication (3)
Jones Act (14)
Jurisdiction (11)
Landmark Cases (36)
Last Employer Rule (10)
Leadership (51)
Leadership Development (48)
Lightning Safety (2)
Litigation (2)
Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act/LHWC (116)
LS-202 (8)
Management (24)
Marine Cargo Handling (1)
Marine Chemist (1)
Mediation (1)
Medical Management (2)
Mental Health (3)
Mentoring (1)
Motor Vehicles (1)
Multi-Employer Worksites (1)
Navigable Waters (9)
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NFIA) (2)
Occupational Health (3)
Office of Administrative Law Judges (17)
Offshore Wind (2)
Online Training (5)
OSHA (5)
Out of Town Counsel (1)
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) (16)
Parking Lots (2)
Pedestrians (2)
Penalties (14)
Per diem (4)
Performance Management (5)
Physicians (3)
Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) (1)
PPE (1)
Presentation Skills (1)
Presumptions (2)
Punitive Damages (1)
Railroad Workers (1)
Recreational Operations (1)
Retirement (2)
Return to Work (3)
Safety (49)
Safety Culture (20)
Safety Focus Campaign (8)
Scheduled Awards (4)
Scissor Lifts (1)
Self-insured (2)
Shipyard (2)
Shipyard Competent Person (1)
Situational Awareness (6)
Situs (40)
Slips (1)
Special Fund Assessment (1)
State Act (5)
State Guarantee Fund (2)
Status (44)
Strains (9)
Strategic Planning (4)
Stress (4)
Struck-by (4)
Subrogation (3)
Suitable Alternate Employment (1)
Supervisor Skills (82)
Teamwork (9)
Technology (3)
Third-Party Settlements (2)
Time Management (3)
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (7)
Uncertainty Zone (4)
Vehicle Safety (2)
Vessel (12)
War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) (4)
Wellness Programs (2)
Zone of Uncertainty (2)

See All Topics

Posts about

Defense Base Act (DBA) (2)

3/1/2011

War Hazards Compensation Act

Preface: The following is an update on claims reported under the Defense Base Act as of 12/31/2010. The approximately 19,000 injuries reported outside of Iraq and Afghanistan are spread all over the...

2/4/2011

A Short Review of Other Remedies

How about a short review of some of the coverage issues that arise between the boundaries that separate the Longshore Act from other remedies available to the injured worker? Some of these issues...

2/8/2010

The Defense Base Act

The Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651) (DBA) is a workers’ compensation law that extends the benefits of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act to employees outside of the continental...

9/10/2009

Does the Longshore Act apply in Guam?

We have a long way to go in our effort to cover each of the Top Ten Longshore Act questions. Last time we looked at Number 15 – Does the Longshore Act apply overseas? Now it’s time to look at...