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LOCAL REPORTERS: In 2020, a Reveal lawsuit helped unlock an enormous trove of workplace injury data.

Now, for the first time ever, the public gets to see how thousands of U.S. companies fared.

Want to dig into the data? Get started here: revealnews.org/workplace-inju…

Some context: A federal judge ruled in 2020 that America’s employers must release their injury and illness records. It was a key decision that struck down corporate and government secrecy around worker safety. revealnews.org/blog/federal-j…

Until this victory, journalists had relied on other means — labor unions, former employees — to acquire the documents, also known as Form 300As.

In fact, that’s how we began our multipart investigation into worker injuries at Amazon warehouses. revealnews.org/behind-the-smi…

Now, as 2021 has come to a close and companies have reported their 2020 data, it’s all public. And these brand-new records are not limited to just Amazon.

While this is all public record, not many reporters are yet privy to it. revealnews.org/workplace-inju…

That’s where our Reveal Reporting Networks come in.

Our Workplace Injuries Reporting Network can help journalists navigate this new, unprecedented access to U.S. worker injury records. Reporters: Sign up, watch the training, and start digging. revealnews.org/workplace-inju…