Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Architecture and Engineering Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 17-2111.00
Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.30
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only27 rated tasks · 21 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (77.8%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks of O*NET-SOC 2010 occupations 17-2111.01 Industrial Safety and Health Engineers; 17-2111.03 Product Safety Engineers, linked to this occupation by the O*NET-SOC 2010 to 2019 crosswalk
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.17-2111.01 | 0.004866.1 |
Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse.17-2111.03 | 0.002533.9 |
| Not observed on any surface — 25 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | |
Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. | —0 |
Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing. | —0 |
Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes. | —0 |
Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance. | —0 |
Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. | —0 |
Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy. | —0 |
Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents. | —0 |
Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met. | —0 |
Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents. | —0 |
Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards. | —0 |
Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations. | —0 |
Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes. | —0 |
Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns. | —0 |
Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation. | —0 |
Maintain liaisons with outside organizations such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated. | —0 |
Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations. | —0 |
Write and revise safety regulations and codes. | —0 |
Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery. | —0 |
Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research. | —0 |
Design and build safety equipment. | —0 |
Investigate causes of accidents, injuries, or illnesses related to product usage to develop solutions to minimize or prevent recurrence. | —0 |
Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions. | —0 |
Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards. | —0 |
Report accident investigation findings. | —0 |
Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products. | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.O*NET Task ID 21869 | 1.0 |
Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions.O*NET Task ID 21871 | 1.0 |
Write and revise safety regulations and codes.O*NET Task ID 21881 | 1.0 |
Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.O*NET Task ID 21860 | 0.5 |
Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products.O*NET Task ID 21861 | 0.5 |
Evaluate product designs for safety.O*NET Task ID 21862 | 0.5 |
Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.O*NET Task ID 21863 | 0.5 |
Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.O*NET Task ID 21864 | 0.5 |
Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards.O*NET Task ID 21865 | 0.5 |
Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.O*NET Task ID 21866 | 0.5 |
Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse.O*NET Task ID 21867 | 0.5 |
Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.O*NET Task ID 21868 | 0.5 |
Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.O*NET Task ID 21870 | 0.5 |
Provide expert testimony in litigation cases.O*NET Task ID 21873 | 0.5 |
Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.O*NET Task ID 21874 | 0.5 |
Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.O*NET Task ID 21876 | 0.5 |
Develop industry standards of product safety.O*NET Task ID 21877 | 0.5 |
Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.O*NET Task ID 21879 | 0.5 |
Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.O*NET Task ID 21880 | 0.5 |
Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.O*NET Task ID 21882 | 0.5 |
Design and build safety equipment.O*NET Task ID 21883 | 0.5 |
Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.O*NET Task ID 21872 | 0.0 |
Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.O*NET Task ID 21875 | 0.0 |
Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.O*NET Task ID 21878 | 0.0 |
Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery.O*NET Task ID 21884 | 0.0 |
Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.O*NET Task ID 21885 | 0.0 |
Install safety devices on machinery or direct device installation.O*NET Task ID 21886 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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All O*NET 31.0 task statements (27)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. | Core |
| Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products. | Core |
| Evaluate product designs for safety. | Core |
| Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. | Core |
| Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes. | Core |
| Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards. | Core |
| Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing. | Core |
| Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse. | Core |
| Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations. | Core |
| Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors. | Core |
| Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met. | Core |
| Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions. | Core |
| Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents. | Core |
| Provide expert testimony in litigation cases. | Core |
| Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy. | Core |
| Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations. | Core |
| Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes. | Core |
| Develop industry standards of product safety. | Core |
| Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated. | Core |
| Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research. | Core |
| Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents. | Core |
| Write and revise safety regulations and codes. | Core |
| Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns. | Core |
| Design and build safety equipment. | Supplemental |
| Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery. | Supplemental |
| Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance. | — |
| Install safety devices on machinery or direct device installation. | — |
0.17/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. | E0 none |
| Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations. | E0 none |
| Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research. | E0 none |
| Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance. | E2 structured facilities |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
Values for the whole SOC 17-2111 group (Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors), not for this O*NET occupation alone.
- Employment, 2025
- 22K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 24K
- Change (2025–35)
- +5.4%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $115,160
- Typical education needed for entry
- Bachelor's degree
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23631 | 산업안전 관리원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 23632 | 산업위험 관리원 | Overlapping, not the same | confirmed |
| 23416 | 전기 안전 기술자 및 연구원 | Related, not a match | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 2149Engineering Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
This unit group covers engineering professionals not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 214: Engineering Professionals (excluding Electrotechnology) or in Minor Group 215: Electrotechnology Engineers. For instance, the group includes those who conduct research and advise on or develop engineering procedures and solutions concerning workplace safety, biomedical engineering, optics, materials, nuclear power generation and explosives.
Tasks
- In such cases tasks would include -
- (a) applying knowledge of engineering to the design, development and evaluation of biological and health systems and products such as artificial organs, prostheses and instrumentation;
- (b) designing devices used in various medical procedures and imaging systems such as magnetic resonance imaging, and devices for automating insulin injections or controlling body functions;
- (c) designing components of optical instruments such as lenses, microscopes, telescopes, lasers, optical disc systems and other equipment that utilize the properties of light;
- (d) designing, testing, and coordinating the development of explosive ordnance material to meet military procurement specifications;
- (e) designing and overseeing construction and operation of nuclear reactors and power plants and nuclear fuels reprocessing and reclamation systems;
- (f) designing and developing nuclear equipment such as reactor cores, radiation shielding and associated instrumentation and control mechanisms;
- (g) assessing damage and providing calculations for marine salvage operations;
- (h) studying and advising on engineering aspects of particular manufacturing processes, such as those related to glass, ceramics, textiles, leather products, wood and printing;
- (i) identifying potential hazards and introducing safety procedures and devices.
Example occupations
Biomedical engineer · Explosive ordnance engineer · Marine salvage engineer · Materials engineer · Nuclear power generation engineer · Optical engineer · Quantity surveyor · Safety engineer
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- health and safety engineerESCO 2149.8Same scope
Health and safety engineers design objects and programs by combining engineering principles and health and safety requirements. They envision the protection and well-being of the people using designed objects or performing work under designed health and safety programs. They assess facilities and the risks that they might pose (e.g. contaminant materials, ergonomics, handling of dangerous substances, etc.) in order to design and improve health and safety measures.
- construction safety managerESCO 3112.3Overlapping, not the same
Construction safety managers inspect, enforce and control health and safety measures at construction sites. They also manage workplace accidents and take action to make sure that safety policies are correctly implemented.
- health and safety officerESCO 2263.3Overlapping, not the same
Health and safety officers execute plans for the improvement of work environments and cultures. They assess risks and interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, as well as ensuring the interaction within the workplace occurs in a positive and productive manner. If employed in a healthcare facility the health and safety officer has to investigate infections spreading across a facility and advice all employees how to combat and prevent infections. Furthermore health physics is applied at facilities where people are exposed to ionizing radiation such as nuclear power plants and research institutions.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
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France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| H1527 | Responsable de sécurité industrielle | This occupation is broader |
| H1302 | Ingénieur / Ingénieure Hygiène, Sécurité et Environnement en industrie (HSE) | Overlapping, not the sameprovisional |
| H1305 | Vérificateur / Vérificatrice de conformité industrielle | Related, not a match |
| F1204 | Animateur / Animatrice QSE - Qualité Sécurité Environnement BTP | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| H1313 | Ingénieur / Ingénieure sécurité incendie | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 2158 | Profesionales de la salud y la higiene laboral y ambiental | Overlapping, not the sameprovisional |
| 2439 | Ingenieros no clasificados bajo otros epígrafes | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 3326 | Técnicos en prevención de riesgos laborales y salud ambiental | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 53124 | Berufe in Arbeitssicherheit und Sicherheitstechnik - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten | Same scope |
| 53123 | Berufe in Arbeitssicherheit und Sicherheitstechnik - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
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Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 119 | その他の技術者 | This occupation is narrower |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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