There are many injury risks for professional fishermen and maritime workers. They have a very physically demanding job. They also work in remote locations and are exposed to the elements. One issue that some studies have found is that there is a high prevalence of...
Multiple companies may have business on the same offshore oil rigs. Sometimes, a worker from one company may be “loaned out” to another for a time because of their particular skills. During that time, they will take their orders from a supervisor with that company. If...
After a maritime injury off the California coast, your employer may send you to a company-selected doctor. You may wonder if you must keep seeing that provider when you want another opinion. Maritime law provides qualifying seamen with protections for medical care....
When someone is immersed in cold water, such as an employee of a deep-sea fishing company who falls overboard in a storm, they are going to go through three critical stages. These can have a major impact on the type of injuries they suffer and whether or not it is a...
