Most states provide some form of Death benefits compensation claim for survivors of workers who are killed as a result of job related accidents. Most often the Death benefits compensation claim is an effort to replace the lost stream of income to the decedent's surviving dependents. A beneficiary becomes eligible for Death benefits compensation claim the day after the worker’s death. Death benefits end at different times depending on the beneficiary’s qualifications to be entitled.

    The Social Security Administration provides assistance to eligible survivors or an eligible dependent by way of lump sum death benefit. However, there is also a one time payment of Death benefits compensation claim that can be made when you die if you have worked enough years. This Death benefits compensation claim payment can be given only to your spouse or minor children if they meet specific provisions.

    Death benefits compensation claim are paid if there is a dependent child, surviving spouse, dependent grandchild or other eligible dependent family member. Family members who can collect Death benefits compensation claim include a widow or widower who is sixty years old or older, or fifty years old and disabled or any age if he or she is caring for your child who is younger than sixteen or disabled and receiving Social Security benefits. If you are divorced your ex-spouse may be entitled to file for Death benefits claim on your record when you die provided he or she must be at least sixty years old or fifty if disabled and have been married to you for at least ten years; he or she be of any age if he is caring for your child who is eligible for benefits; he or she is not eligible for an equal of higher benefit based on his own work and he or she is not currently married unless the remarriage occurred after the age of sixty or after fifty if disabled.

    If the deceased person is survived by less than five minor legitimate, legitimated, or legally adopted children, the illegitimate minor children will be entitled to fifty per cent of the Death benefits compensation claim share of the legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted children in the basic pension and one hundred per cent of the dependents' pension. The documents needed in making a Death benefits compensation claim are the death certificate duly certified by the local civil registrar; if single, the deceased member’s birth certificate and marriage contract of his parents; if married, marriage contract of the deceased and birth certificate of minor children; passbook if the benefit is a monthly pension, report of death is cause of death is work related and other documents that may be required.