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FOIA News: ICYMI, 9th Circuit orders release of injury reports

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Judge Rules OSHA Can Release Employer Injury Records

By Bindu Gross & John Artz, Nat’l Law Review, June 16, 2020

On June 4, 2020, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in The Center for Investigative Reporting v. Department of Labor that employers’ injury and illness records, submitted to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), are not confidential and can be released if requested through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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