We Have Many Clients Contact Us Upon Arrival at Dutch Harbor at the Iliuliuk Clinic

The Elbow Room

DUTCH HARBOR
Address: 498 Salmon Way, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 99692
Telephone: 1-800-SEASALT (1-800-732-7258).

Dutch Harbor is well known to the fisheries and maritime industries. It is truly a "last frontier" and, for some, is much like the Wild West frontier experience of yesteryear.

Most persons seriously injured in Bering Sea fishing, crabbing or merchant marine end up being taken to Dutch Harbor to the Iliuliuk Clinic. The Iliuliuk Clinic is often the first step on the journey to treatment following injury in the Bering Sea.

Medical treatment at the Iliuliuk Clinic is often solely for purposes of stabilization and evaluation for medical evacuation or transportation to attention by a specialist in Anchorage, Seattle or the injured person's hometown.

It is not uncommon for a company representative or insurance adjuster to become involved in a claim, especially in the case of serious injury, at the very first moment of treatment, including when an injured person first appears at the Clinic. Even though it is at this time that a seriously injured fisherman, crabber, processor or merchant mariner is most vulnerable, a claims representative or an employer's agent may already be in the process of taking control over important matters that potentially affect a person's rights, including directing a treatment program involving health care providers friendly to the employer or insurance representative.

We have had many clients contact us upon arrival at Dutch Harbor. Sometimes, we are able to assist an injured individual with physician selection and health care treatment more appropriate to a client's interests and less connected with the employer or insurance representative. And, in appropriate cases, if designated to act as the injured person's representative, we will always insist the employer and/or insurance representative deal with us, thus avoiding the pressure that is sometimes applied immediately following injury to get a potential claimant to do what the employer and/or insurance representative wants, instead of what may be in the best interests of the injured person.

In appropriate cases, we will meet with clients or potential claimants in Dutch Harbor to discuss a case or for representation purposes. Often, vessels involved in accidents and injuries are based either temporarily or permanently in Dutch Harbor, and we will dispatch marine safety experts and investigators, immediately if necessary, to investigate an accident and to photograph and document the accident scene, including on the vessel, when urgency is critical.

Our toll-free number
1-800-SEASALT (1-800-732-7258)
will provide immediate, no-cost direct line access to our office.
Calls from Dutch Harbor are a priority
as we are well aware of the importance that Dutch Harbor plays in the entire maritime community.