Baker v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner James Baker appeals the Benefits Review Board’s decision affirming the denial of benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and the Outer Continental Shélf Lands Act. We affirm.

I. Background

James Baker worked as a marine carpenter for eight months at Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, L.L.C.’s waterside marine fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana. He was allegedly injured 1 while building a housing module designed for use on a tension leg offshore oil platform (TLP) named Big Foot. Baker filed a claim for disability benefits…