Our Mission

Offshore Injury Help exists to give injured maritime workers and their families clear, accurate, and trustworthy information at one of the hardest moments of their lives.

When a worker is seriously hurt or killed at sea, on an oil rig, a fishing vessel, a tugboat, a supply boat, an offshore wind installation, or a cruise ship, the people affected are often left confused and overwhelmed. Maritime injury law is genuinely different from the workers’ compensation and personal injury rules that apply on land. The laws are older, more complex, and in many cases far more favorable to injured workers, but only if those workers understand their rights and act within the time limits that apply.

That gap, between what injured maritime workers are entitled to and what they actually know, is the reason this resource exists.

What We Do

We research, write, and maintain in-depth, plain-language guides covering the areas of maritime and offshore injury law that matter most to workers and their families, including:

• The Jones Act and the rights of seamen injured on vessels
• Offshore oil and gas platform and rig injuries
• Offshore wind energy worker injuries
• Commercial fishing vessel injuries
• Cruise ship crew injury claims
• Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) claims
• Defense Base Act claims for civilian contractors injured overseas
• Maritime wrongful death and Death on the High Seas Act cases

Our goal is to help you understand what happened to you, what your legal options may be, and how to connect with an experienced maritime attorney who can evaluate your specific situation.

What We Are, and What We Are Not

We want to be completely transparent about who we are.

Offshore Injury Help is an information resource, not a law firm. We do not provide legal advice, and using this website does not create an attorney-client relationship. The person behind this site is not an attorney.

What we do is different but valuable: we make complex maritime injury law understandable, and when you’re ready, we help connect you with experienced maritime attorneys who handle these specific kinds of cases. Maritime injury law is a specialized field. The attorneys who succeed in it are not general personal injury lawyers; they are specialists who understand vessels, offshore operations, federal maritime law, and the tactics that maritime employers and their insurers use. Connecting injured workers with the right specialist is part of how we help.

If you contact us through this site, we review your situation and, where appropriate, connect you with a qualified maritime attorney for a free, no-obligation case evaluation. There is never any cost or commitment for reaching out.

Why You Can Trust This Information

The information on this site is researched carefully and traced to authoritative primary sources, federal statutes, court decisions, and recognized maritime law authorities, rather than to secondhand summaries. Every guide is written to be accurate, current, and genuinely useful.

We hold our content to a clear editorial standard, which you can read in full on our Editorial Standards page. When laws or important case decisions change, we work to keep our guides up to date.

We will never overstate what we know, invent credentials, or pressure anyone. Our role is to inform and to help, and we take that responsibility seriously, because the people who come to this site are often going through something devastating.

Who Is Behind Offshore Injury Help

Offshore Injury Help was founded and is published by Peter Geisheker. Peter is not an attorney; he is the researcher, writer, and publisher behind this resource. His background is in researching and publishing accurate legal information resources that help people understand their rights and find qualified professional help.

You can learn more on the author page or connect with Peter on LinkedIn.

If You’ve Been Injured

If you or someone you love has been seriously injured or killed while working at sea or offshore, you don’t have to navigate this alone, and you shouldn’t wait. Maritime claims are subject to strict time limits, and important evidence can disappear quickly.

Request your free case review and we’ll help you understand your options and, if appropriate, connect you with an experienced maritime attorney.

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Offshore Injury Help provides general information about maritime and offshore injury law. It is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every case is different; consult a licensed maritime attorney about your specific situation.