Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)

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Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC)

CHAPTER 0-602 — ABBREVIATIONS

1. Purpose and Scope. This Chapter provides a list of abbreviations frequently used in the LHWCA PM.
2. Abbreviations.
• ADP Automated Data Processing
• ALJ Administrative Law Judge
• APA Administrative Procedures Act
• AWW Average Weekly Wage
• BLBA Black Lung Benefits Act
• BRB Benefits Review Board
• CA Compensation Act (Generally used in form designation, e.g., CA-58)
• CE Claims Examiner
• CEC Claims Examiner Clerk
• CFR Code of Federal Regulations (Generally used when citing a specific regulation, e.g., 20 C.F.R. section 702.100)
• CR Claims Representative
• DBA Defense Base Act
• DCCA District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act (Also DCWCA)
• DD District Director
• DI Disability Insurance
• DLHWC Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
• DMMI Date of Maximum Medical Improvement
• DO District Office
• DOL U.S. Department of Labor
• EC Employer/Carrier
• ESA Employment Standards Administration
• FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act
• FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
• FOIA Freedom of Information Act
• FR Federal Register (Generally used in citing a specific page within a Federal Register volume, e.g., 46 FR 135)
• LCMS Longshore Case Management System
• LHWCA Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
• LS Longshore (Generally used in form designation, e.g., LS-202)
• LT Lost Time
• MEMO LHWCA Program Memorandum
• MMI Maximum Medical Improvement
• MWD Minimum Wage Determination
• NAWW National Average Weekly Wage
• NFI Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities
• NFIA Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act
• NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• NLT No Lost Time
• NO National Office
• OALJ Office of Administrative Law Judges
• OCSLA Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
• OD Occupational Disease
• OMAP Office of Management, Administration and Planning
• OMB Office of Management and Budget
• OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act/Administration
• OWCP Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
• PM Procedure Manual (e.g., LHWCA PM)
• PPD Permanent Partial Disability
• PPI Permanent Partial Impairment
• PTD Permanent Total Disability
• RD Regional Director, OWCP
• RS Rehabilitation Specialist
• SSA Social Security Administration
• SSN Social Security Number
• TPD Temporary Partial Disability
• TTD Temporary Total Disability
• USC United States Code (Generally used in citing a section with the Code, e.g., 33 U.S.C. section 921)
• WHA War Hazards Compensation Act