If you have lost a loved one to an accident on the job while they were engaging in covered work under the LHWCA, you are entitled to payment of survivor benefits in certain situations. When a work injury causes or was a contributing factor to a longshoreman or other covered employee's death, their surviving family may be entitled to survivor benefits. The LHWCA notes that survivor benefits are generally paid by the self-insured employer of the longshoreman killed on the job or through a private insurance company on behalf of the employer.