All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the director, or his or her authorized representative, in connection with any inspection or proceeding under the authority of this chapter, which contains or which might reveal a trade secret shall be considered confidential, except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this chapter, or when relevant in any proceeding under this chapter. In any such proceeding the director, the board of industrial insurance appeals, or the court shall issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
RCW 49.17.200
Confidentiality—Trade secrets.
Known as the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act
The act spans §§ 49–49 (62 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 109 Wash. 2d 712 - Cowles Publishing Co. v. State Patrol (1988)
Most recently applied in 190 Wash. 2d 769 - Lyft, Inc. v. City of Seattle (May 2018)
2010 c 8 s 12017; 1973 c 80 s 20.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.