The question sounds simple. The answer is not. In 2014, a seaman named William Skye sued his employer, Maersk Line, after years of excessive workload left him with a thickened…
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S, or “sour gas”) is one of the most lethal hazards on oil tankers and offshore vessels. It is colorless. At low concentrations, it smells like rotten eggs….
A winch handles lines under thousands of pounds of tension. When one fails, the energy is released instantly. Snap-backs, parting lines, and drum failures do not give you time to…
The Mississippi River moves over 500 million tons of cargo through Louisiana every year, and tugboats make most of that possible. It is unglamorous, physically punishing work, and when something...
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A wrench. A shackle. A length of pipe. On a vessel with multiple levels of deck and work platforms, anything left near an unguarded edge can become a projectile. Toe...
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A man overboard incident can go from an ordinary workday to life-threatening in seconds. It remains one of the leading causes of serious injury and death in the maritime industry,...
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Standing water on a pipe deck isn't just an inconvenience. When drainage systems go uncleared and non-skid surfaces wear down without being replaced, workers slip, and the back injuries that...
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Most workers hurt on the job reach for workers' compensation as the obvious first step. For maritime workers, that instinct can be costly. Maritime law operates as a separate federal...
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If you've ever locked through on the Mississippi River or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, you know how tight those spaces get. What you may not have thought about is how...
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Oil rig work is among the most physically demanding and dangerous jobs on the Gulf Coast. When something goes wrong, the decisions made in the hours immediately following the accident...
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