Division of Federal Employees, 'Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DFELHWC)
See below for the Defense Base Act (DBA) jurisdictional boundaries and the appropriate Longshore District office contacts.
NOTE – The addresses below are the physical addresses for the District Offices; however, case specific mail and forms submitted for case creation should NOT be sent to these addresses. Click here for the address to the DLHWC’s Central Mail Receipt and Central Case Create site.
(01) Suboffice — Boston
Defense Base Act jurisdiction - East of the 75th degree west longitude, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
Boston Longshore District Office
Theresa Magyar, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
JFK Federal Building, Room E260
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(02) Suboffice — New York
Defense Base Act jurisdiction - Mexico, Central and South America (including coastal islands); areas east of the continents of North and South America to the 60th degree east longitude (including Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan) and any other areas or locations not covered under any other district office.
R. Todd Bruininks, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
201 Varick Street, Room 602
New York, NY 10014-0249
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(03) Suboffice — Philadelphia
(05) Suboffice — Norfolk
Theresa Magyar and R. Todd Bruininks, District Directors.
(06) Suboffice — Jacksonville
David Duhon, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
400 W. Bay Street, Room 722
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(07) Suboffice — New Orleans
David Duhon, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
600 South Maestri Street, 617
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(08) Suboffice — Houston
Houston Longshore District Office (Defense Base Act jurisdiction - Canada, west of the 75th degree and east of the 110th degree west longitude.)
David Duhon, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
1919 Smith Street, Suite 8073
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(10) Suboffice — Chicago
David Duhon, District Director
(13) Suboffice — San Francisco
San Francisco District Office (Defense Base Act cases jurisdiction - all areas west of the continents of North and South America (excluding coastal islands) to 60 degrees east longitude (excluding Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan)).
Marco Adame, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
90 7th Street, Suite 2-600
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(14) Suboffice — Seattle
Defense Base Act jurisdiction - Canada, west of the 110th degree west longitude, and all areas in the Pacific Ocean north of the 45th degree north latitude.
Marco Adame, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
909 1st Avenue, Suite 242
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (202) 513-6809
(18) Suboffice — Long Beach
Marco Adame, District Director
U.S. Department of Labor
OWCP/DFELHWC
501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 6230
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: (202) 513-6809
