This report is required by 33 U.S.C. 930(a) and must be filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs, Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation by electronic submission via OWCP web portal, facsimile or Central
Mail Receipt Site. File form within 10 days from the date of injury or death or from the date the employer first has knowledge of an injury
or death. Under the law all medical treatment and compensation must be furnished by the employer or its insurance company. Treatment
must be by a physician chosen by the employee, unless the physician is on a list of physicians currently not authorized by the
Department of Labor to render medical care under the Act. Compensation payments become due and are payable on the 14th day after the
employer first has knowledge of the injury or death. Penalties may be charged for failure to comply with provisions of the law. The
information will be used to determine entitlement to benefits. Persons are not required to respond to this collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. For further information, visit our website at
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/owcp/dlhwc/lscontac
B. Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act covers
employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the
Armed forces, e.g., post exchanges, motion picture service,
etc.
C. Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act covers employees of
private employers engaged in operations conducted on the
Outer Continental Shelf for the purpose of exploring for,
developing, removing, or transporting by pipeline the natural
resources of submerged lands.
NOTE: FILING THIS FORM DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY UNDER THE COMPENSATION ACT. Any employer, insurance
carrier, or self-insured employer who knowingly and willfully fails to submit this report when required or knowingly or willfully makes a false
statement or misrepresentation in this report shall be subject to a civil penalty based on amounts outlined in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, for each such failure, refusal, false statement, or misrepresentation. [33 U.S.C.930(e)] This report
shall not be evidence of any fact stated herein in any proceeding in respect to any such injury or death on account of which the report is made.
[33 U.S.C. 930(c)]
REPORTABLE INJURY – Any accidental injury which causes loss of one or more shifts of work or death allegedly arising out of and in the course of
employment, including any occupational disease or infection believed or alleged to have arisen naturally out of such employment, or as a natural or
unavoidable result from an accidental injury. If the employer controverts the right to compensation it must also file a notice of controversion with the
District Director within 14 days after it has knowledge of the allged injury or death.
Public Burden Statement
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid
OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information. Completion of this form is mandatory. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U. S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S-3229, Washington, DC 20210.
DO NOT SEND THE COMPLETED FORM TO THIS OFFICE
Item 6 – A. Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
covers employees injured while engaged in maritime
employment 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); - employees injured upon the
navigable waters of the United States and other described
areas who at the time of injury were engaged in maritime
employment and are not otherwise specifically excluded under
the Act (33 U.S.C. 902).
D. Defense Base Act covers any employment (1) at military,
air, and naval bases acquired by the United States from foreign
countries; (2) on lands occupied or used by the United States
for military or naval purposes outside the continental limits of
the United States; (3) upon any public work in any Territory or
possession outside the continental United States under a
contract of a contractor with the United States; (4) under a
contract entered into with the United States where such
contract is to be performed outside the continental United
States and at places not within the areas described in (1), (2),
and (3) above for the purpose of engaging in public work; (5)
under certain contracts approved and financed by the United
States under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended; and
(6) in the service of American employers providing welfare or
similar services for the benefit of the Armed Forces outside the
Continental United States.
Item 24 – “Exact place where accident occurred” requires the
nearest street address, city and town. In addition -
If on a vessel,
Give place on vessel where injury happened (Deck, hold,
tweendeck, engine room, etc.) Name of vessel
If either on an adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal
building way, marine railway, or other area customarily
used in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a
vessel
Name or number of pier, dry dock, marine railway, etc.
Name of the terminal or shipyard
Nearest street address – City and State
If injury or death is reported under the Defense Base
occured.
If on the Outer Continental Shelf,
Give drilling site and block number
Area name (e.g. West Delta Area)
Federal Lease Number, State Lease Number
Distance from and name of nearest land,
name of State
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Form LS-202
Rev. Nov 2020
PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 NOTICE
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) you are hereby notified that (1) the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act, as amended and extended (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (LHWCA) is administered by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs of the
U.S. Department of Labor, which receives and maintains personal information on claimants. (2) Information which the Office has will be used to determine
eligibility for the amount of benefits payable under the LHWCA. (3) Information may be given to the claimant or his/her representative. (4) Information may
be given to physicians and other medical service providers for use in providing treatment or medical/vocational rehabilitation, making evaluations and for
other purposes relating to the medical management of the claim. (5) Information may be given to the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law
Judges (OALJ), or other person, board or organization, which is authorized or required to render decisions with respect to the claim or other matter arising
in connection with the claim. (6) Information may be given to Federal, state and local agencies for law enforcement purposes, to obtain information
relevant to a decision under the LHWCA, to determine whether benefits are being or have been paid properly, and, where appropriate, to pursue
salary/administrative offset and debt collection actions required or permitted by law.
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