Safety in Harbor Employment: Hearings Before a Subcommittee ... 82nd Congress, 2nd Session on H.R. 5796 a Bill to Amend the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Hearings Held at Washington, D.C., March 19, 20, and April 3, 1952 |
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Page 31 - No compensation shall be payable in respect of the disability or death of — (1) A master or member of a crew of any vessel, nor any person engaged by the master to load or unload or repair any small vessel under eighteen tons net...
Page 31 - Act under this section — (1) the term "employee" does not include a master or member of a crew of any vessel, or an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof or of any State or foreign government, or of any political subdivision thereof; (2) the term "employer" means an employer any of whose employees are employed in such operations; and (3) the term "United States" when used in a geographical sense includes the outer Continental Shelf and artificial islands and fixed structures...
Page 37 - Commission may utilize the services of the bureau for the safe transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles...
Page 21 - ... a structure suitable for the service in which she is to be employed, has suitable accommodations for passengers and the crew, and is in a condition to warrant the belief that she may be used in navigation as a steamer, with safety to life...
Page 31 - Compensation shall be payable under this Act in respect of disability or death of an employee, but only if the disability or death results from an injury occurring 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).
Page 37 - Statutes or of any of the regulations issued thereunder, whether or not committed in connection with any marine casualty or accident, and all acts of incompetency or misconduct, whether or not committed in connection with any marine casualty or accident, committed by any licensed officer acting under authority of his license or by any chief or assistant steward, purser, radio operator, electrician, able seaman, or...
Page 21 - ... inspection is of a structure suitable for the service in which she is to be employed...