Offshore Positions

Due to the many dangers that maritime workers face, the federal government has set regulations that provide coverage to individuals working in the different areas of the maritime industry. Protection under the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Death on the High Seas Act depends on the relationship between a maritime position and a vessel.

The following is a list of offshore maritime positions that the acts provide coverage for:

• Longshoremen
• Offshore Oil Rig workers
• Platform workers
• Technicians
• Seamen
• Helicopter Pilots
• Barge Workers
• Galley Workers
• Dock Workers
• Fishermen
• Crabbers
• Ferry Workers
• Food Handlers
• Able Bodied Seamen

If you have been injured on the job while holding one of the above or any other maritime position, contact Bailey & Galyen and speak to an admiralty and maritime attorney immediately.