Section 50-9-19 - Accident reports and recordsA. Every employer shall keep records and submit reports of occupational injuries and illnesses as prescribed by the department. Reports shall not require employee identification by name. B. The department shall publish annually a detailed summary of the statistical data received from employers. The department shall make a copy of such summary available on request to each employer, and the summary shall be made available upon request to any person having an interest in the report. In the preparation, publication or release of the statistical summary, the department shall not in any manner disclose information identifying any employer unless prior permission has been obtained from the employer in writing. The reports of each employer shall remain confidential and shall not be released, revealed or otherwise disclosed to any person other than the bureau of labor statistics and the occupational safety and health administration of the United States department of labor without prior permission of the employer unless pursuant to an administrative hearing of the board or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. 1953 Comp., § 59-14-18, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 63, § 18; 1993, ch. 322, § 17.