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§ 51.12.100. Maritime occupations — Segregation of payrolls — Common enterprise — Geoduck harvesting.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this title shall not apply to a master or member of a crew of any vessel, or to employers and workers for whom a right or obligation exists under the maritime laws or federal employees' compensation act for personal injuries or death of such workers.
(2) If an accurate segregation of payrolls of workers for whom such a right or obligation exists under the maritime laws cannot be made by the employer, the director is hereby authorized and directed to fix from time to time a basis for the approximate segregation of the payrolls of employees to cover the part of their work for which no right or obligation exists under the maritime laws for injuries or death occurring in such work, and the employer, if not a self-insurer, shall pay premiums on that basis for the time such workers are engaged in their work.
(3) Where two or more employers are simultaneously engaged in a common enterprise at one and the same site or place in maritime occupations under circumstances in which no right or obligation exists under the maritime laws for personal injuries or death of such workers, such site or place shall be deemed for the purposes of this title to be the common plant of such employers.
(4) In the event payments are made both under this title and under the maritime laws or federal employees' compensation act, such benefits paid under this title shall be repaid by the worker or beneficiary. For any claims made under the Jones Act, the employer is deemed a third party, and the injured worker's cause of action is subject to RCW
51.24.030 through
51.24.120.
(5) Commercial divers harvesting geoduck clams under an agreement made pursuant to RCW
79.135.210 and the employers of such divers shall be subject to the provisions of this title whether or not such work is performed from a vessel.
Notes
Effective date—2008 c 70: "This act takes effect January 1, 2009." [
2008 c 70 s 2.]
Effective date—Applicability—1988 c 271 ss 1-4: See note following RCW
51.12.102.
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 224: See note following RCW
51.04.110.
Ferry system employees in extrahazardous employment: RCW
47.64.070.
Source: official Washington text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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