Workers’ Compensation Programs Division of Longshore and Harbor
The Defense Base Act provides compensation and benefits to workers, contractors, and the US Government in case a worker outside the United States is injured.
Workers' Accident Compensation Benefits are available to everyone, whether they are US citizens or residents of the United States, and include:
- Medical supplies.
- The interests of the disabled.
- Death benefit.
Medical assistance.
Medical care includes various forms of medical care. Surgery, hospital treatment, and other treatments are needed as a result of work-related injuries.
It also includes travel and medical expenses related to the accident. Injured workers can be treated by a doctor of choice.
These include a variety of specialists, surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, and dentists.
Medical expenses require the approval of the workplace manager or insurance company. Redemption of persons with disabilities
Disability compensation
Disability means that you will not be able to get the same salary as you are in employment. Compensation is paid for temporary, partial, complete, permanent, and partial permanent disabilities.
Compensation will be paid every 14 days from the date of the employee's occupational accident.
The compensation is 2/3 of the employee's weekly salary. The maximum annual adjustment rate applies. For more information on the maximum amount of compensation, please visit http://www.dol.gov/.
Temporary disability:
Temporary disability allowances are paid at 2/3 of the employee's weekly salary.
This power can be adjusted in proportion to the maximum power. For example, if an employee's weekly wage is $ 1,500, the temporary disability benefit is $ 1,000 per week (1,500 / 3 = $ 1,000).
Temporary partial disability:
Temporary partial disability is paid for two-thirds of the employee's disability. Example: A worker with a temporary disability earns $ 1,500 a week.
If he or she earns $ 500 a week after a disability and loses $ 1,000, the benefit of a temporary partial disability is $ 666.67 a week ($ 1,000 * 2/3 = $ 666.67).
Permanent failure:
Permanent disability benefits are calculated in the same way as temporary disability benefits. It can be paid as long as the disability persists. In the event of a permanent failure, annual maintenance will be paid. Permanent partial failure:
There are two types of permanent disability compensation. Compensation is paid for loss of body parts or ability to use them, such as loss of arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, hearing, or vision.
For each type of disability, you can pay compensation for a certain number of weeks, as required by law. This is known as a permanent partial failure.
For example, a one-legged worker is entitled to 205-week severance pay. Planned permanent partial disability is paid when the ability to work is permanently lost. Benefits are calculated in the same way as temporary partial disability benefits.
Death benefits
If an officer dies in an accident, a widow, widows, or close relatives will be paid a death benefit. Funeral expenses can be refunded for up to $ 3,000.
A widow or widow receives 50% of the average weekly salary of a deceased worker for the lifetime or end of life
Widow or widow marriage. Grant 16 (2/3 of the employee's weekly wage) to one or more children of the deceased employee.
If only the child is a survivor, 50% of the employee's weekly salary will be paid. Of the first child. If multiple children are eligible for death benefits (up to 2/3% 66), they will be evenly divided.
If there is no child to be compensated in case of death, the parents of the deceased employee can be compensated if they receive significant benefits from the child in the year prior to death.
The amount of compensation is 25% of the average weekly income of the father of the deceased employee, and the same percentage for the mother.
In the case of marriage, the widows or widows can receive a two-year allowance at a time. Children under the age of 18 will not be compensated.
However, if the child of the deceased worker is still a student, this benefit can be extended to the age of 23.
If the child is unable to work due to a mental illness or disability, compensation can continue indefinitely.
Waiting time and service start
No benefits will be paid for the first 3 days of incapacity unless the incapacity lasts longer than 14 days. In this case, the benefits will be paid from the first day of the career break.
The first payment of benefits must be made 14 days after the accident-related suspension of work. Or follow the instructions of the Ministry of Labor.
What should I do if there is an accident?
- Please let your boss know immediately. If you need treatment, ask your boss for permission to start treatment with your chosen doctor. Get treatment as soon as possible.
- Use Form LS-201 to send a written notice of the violation to your manager within 30 days.
- The death certificate must be submitted within 30 days.
- The accident report must be prepared within one year of receipt of the accident or final compensation. Relatives must file a complaint within one year of the date of death.
Assistance for getting compensation
The Ministry of Labor helps victims find compensation, explains which liens apply, and how to complete paperwork in accordance with the law.
The law supplements medical advice. You can contact the Workers' Accident Compensation Program New York office at the following address:
U.S. Department of Labor
ESA/OWCP/DLHWC
Prince Kuhio Federal Building
300 Ala Moana Blvd #5
Honolulu, HI 96850, USA
Phone: 808-541-1983
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