### Question
How does LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION define injury?


### Answer
Under *33 U.S.C. § 902*, **injury** is defined as:

> accidental injury or death arising out of and in the course of employment, and such occupational disease or infection as arises naturally out of such employment or as naturally or unavoidably results from such accidental injury, and includes an injury caused by the willful act of a third person directed against an employee because of his employment

#### Citation:
  - *33 U.S.C. § 902*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 18-LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION**

