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1904.29(b)(9) If I Have Removed the Employee's Name, but Still Believe That the Employee May Be Identified From the Information on the Forms, Is There Anything Else That I Can Do to Further Protect the Employee's Privacy?
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Yes, if you have a reasonable basis to believe that information describing the privacy concern case may be personally identifiable even though the employee's name has been omitted, you may use discretion in describing the injury or illness on both the OSHA 300 and 301 forms. You must enter enough information to identify the cause of the incident and the general severity of the injury or illness, but you do not need to include details of an intimate or private nature. For example, a sexual assault case could be described as "injury from assault," or an injury to a reproductive organ could be described as "lower abdominal injury."
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