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United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Regional & Area Offices Region 1 JFK Federal Building Boston, Massachusetts (617) 565-9860 Connecticut Bridgeport, CT Hartford, CT Massachusetts Methuen, MA Braintree, MA Springfield Maine Bangor, ME Augusta, ME New Hampshire Concorde, NH Rhode Island Providence, RI Vermont No area office in VT --------------------------------- Region 2 201 Varick Street New York, New York 10014 (212) 337-2378 New Jersey Avenel, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Marlton, New Jersey Parsippany, N.J. New York Albany, NY Little Neck, N.Y. Buffalo, New York Westbury, Long Island Manhattan, N.Y.C. Syracuse, Upstate Tarrytown Puerto Rico Guaynabo, PR U.S. Virgin Islands St. Thomas - St. Croix - St Maarten, US VI |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Regional & Area Offices (cont'd) Region 3 The Curtis Center-740 West 170S Independence Mall W Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 (215) 861-4900 Baltimore - Washington Lithicum, Maryland Delaware Wilmington, DE District of Columbia Lithicum, MD Pennsylvania Allentown, PA Erie, PA Harrisburg Philadelphia Pitsburgh Wilkes-Barre Virginia Norforlk, VA West Virginia Charleston, WV --------------------------------- Region 4 61 Forsyth Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 562-2300 Alabama Burmingham, AL Mobile, AL Florida Fort Lauderdale, FLA Jacksonville, FL Tampa, Florida Georgia Tucker, GA Smyrna, GEO Savannah, GA Kentucky Frankfurt, KY Mississippi Jackson, MS North Carolina Raleigh, NC South Carolina Columbia, SC Tennessee Nashville, TN |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Regional & Area Offices (cont'd) Region 5 230 South Dearborne Street Chicago, Ilinois 60604 (312) 353-2220 Illinois Calumet City, Ill Chicago Area - Des Plains Fairview Heights, Il Peoria, Ill Indiana Indianapolis Area - Indianapolis, Indiana Michigan Lansing, MI Minnesota Eau Claire, WI Ohio Cincinnati, Oh Cleveland, Ohio Columbus, Oh Toledo Wisconsin Appleton, WI Eau Claire, WI --------------------------------- Region 6 525 Griffin Street - Rm 602 Dallas, Texas 75202 (972) 850-4145 Arkansas Little Rock, Ak Louisiana Baton Rouge, LA New Mexico Albuquerque, NM closed; therefore, use: Lubbock Area Off in Texas Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Ok Texas Austin, Tx Corpus Christi, Texas Dallas, Tex El Paso Forth Worth Houston North Houston South - both served by Houston Office Lubbock San Antonio, TX |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Regional & Area Offices (cont'd) Region 7 City Center Square 1100 Main Street - Suite 800 Kansas, Missouri 60604 (816) 426-5861 Iowa Des Moines, IA Kansas Wichita, KS Missouri Kansas City Area Kansas City, MO St. Louis Area St Louis, MO Nebraska Omaha, NB --------------------------------- Region 8 1999 Broadway - Ste 1680 Denver, Colorado 80202 (720) 264-6550 Colorado Denver Area - Denver, Co Englewood Area - Englewood, CO Montana Billings, MT North Dakota Bismarck, ND South Dakota No Pierre Office - served by regional office Utah Salt Lake City, UT Wyoming No Casper, Cheyenne Off Served by regional office |
Safety Regs, Safety Issues, Safety Concerns....sometimes the best way to prevent a diving accident is to follow the safety laws that are in place to keep divers from getting injured. Below is contact information for OSHA Offices. Unfortunately, OSHA is not out there with you while you're working. Commercial diving accidents and injuries can be more confusing than those involving ordinary seamen, dockbuilders, welders, or other construction and demolition people. This is because Jones Act seaman cases examine the relationship and contribution of the mariner to the vessel, but with divers, such as those working offshore, the amount of time the diver spends offshore may come into question as well as a relationship with a vessel. This becomes a deciding factor in whether an accident case resulting in injuries will be governed by the Jones Act or by the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA) is more of a workers' compensation scheme and does not afford the same benevolence to an injured diver as the Jones Act, which does more to treat a commercial diver suffering an injury as a ward of the court. The LHWCA may cover the medical expenses of a diving injury, hyperbaric chamber and related care, but it doesn't provide for pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress and some of the other elements that can arise in an underwater accident. However, that doesn't mean that a diver loses his or her remedies against third parties for negligence, defective products, product liability or strict liability. Negligence on the part of a ship, dock managing agent, demolition contractor or other third party doesn't get off the hook with the diver as easily as an employer. Those claims are regarded as ordinary negligence lawsuits. Additional information can be found under the section "Liability and Compensation - Longshoremen, Commercial Divers, Pilots", a link from the Maritime Law page. This page also contains links to the text of the Defense Base Act and War Hazards Compensation Act, which outline a person's remedy in the case of an injury in a combat - war zone or military base. |
United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Regional & Area Offices Region 9 71 Stevenson Street San Francisco, California 94105 (415) 975-4310 State Offices Arizona - Phoenix, AZ California Dep of Industrial Relations - Oakland, CA and Sacramento, CA Hawaii - Honolulu, HI Hawaii Dept of Labor and Industrial Relations Nevada - OSHES Henderson, NV, with offices in Las Vegas and Carson City, Nevada --------------------------------- Region 10 1111 Third Ave Seattle, Washington 98101 (206) 553-5930 Alaska - Anchorage, AK There is a state gov't office in Juneau Idaho - Boise, ID Oregon, Portland, OR Washington - Bellevue, WA There is a state gov't office in Olympia (no separate facilities at Seattle) |
Links to sites with resources for commercial diving, hard hat divers, technical divers, salvage divers, recreational diving, wreck diving, marine archeology, marine life and more. |