New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter I - Waterfront Commission Of New York Harbor
Part 4 - Longshoremen, Checkers, And Telecommunications System Controllers
Section 4.2 - Persons required to be registered as longshoremen; persons not required to be registered as longshoremen

Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023

(a) Inclusion in the longshoremen's register as a longshoreman is required for any person:

(1) who is employed to handle waterborne freight by a carrier of freight by water or by a stevedore at a pier or other waterfront terminal, including, without being limited to, gang foremen, dock gang foremen, headers, gangwaymen, winchmen, dockmen, holdmen, terminal labor operators of mechanical equipment, sorters and baggage porters; or

(2) who is employed by a carrier of freight by water or by a stevedore, physically to perform labor or services incidental to the movement of waterborne freight on vessels berthed at piers, on piers or at other waterfront terminals (including marine terminals within the meaning of the Act), including, without being limited to, cargo storagemen and warehousemen, cargo repairmen, marine carpenters, container loaders and strippers, lashers, chockers, coopers, weighers, scalers, cargo inspectors and samplers, trailer interchange inspectors, maintenance, mechanical, container or equipment repairmen, crane maintenance men and repairmen, tire repairmen, vehicle preparers, export packers, labelers, cleaning and maintenance personnel, horse and cattle fitters and grain ceilers; or

(3) who is indirectly employed by a carrier of freight by water or by a stevedore, through a subsidiary or parent corporation of, or a contractor with, either of them, physically to perform the labor or services described in paragraph (2) of this subdivision; or

(4) who is employed by any person for work at a pier or other waterfront terminal physically to move waterborne freight to or from a barge, lighter or railroad car for transfer to or from a vessel of a carrier of freight by water which is, shall be, or shall have been berthed at the same pier or other waterfront terminal; or

(5) who is employed by any person, other than by a carrier of freight by water or by a stevedore, to perform labor or services involving or incidental to the movement of freight at a location in a marine terminal within the meaning of the Act.

(b) Inclusion in the longshoremen's register as a longshoreman is not required for:

(1) jobs limited to the handling of liquid cargoes in bulk in tanks (such as, but not limited to, fuel oils, petroleum or orange juice), or carriage by barge of bulk cargoes consisting of a single commodity (such as, but not limited to, cement, gravel, coal, grain or ore) loaded or carried without wrappers or containers or limited to the handling of cargoes transported from one point to another point within the Port of New York District; or

(2) any person who is regularly engaged in the performance of labor or services not covered by subdivision (a) of this section and who is only incidentally engaged in the performance of labor or services covered by said subdivision (a) where permission therefor has been previously obtained from the commission; or

(3) persons who are regularly employed to perform labor or services not covered by subdivision (a) of this section and who are assigned by such employer to the performance of labor or services covered by said subdivision (a) only to meet special or emergency needs for the protection of the public health or safety where approval therefor has been previously obtained from the commission.

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