AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 17-2111.00

Will AI replace Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors?

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors: AI can already handle 18 of 27 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.

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Every task, scored

The 27 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors, from most to least exposed. 18 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.

Task AI exposure Evidence Model tier Importance
Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions. 90 Estimated Efficient 3.9
Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations. 80 Estimated Standard 3.8
Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents. 80 Estimated Efficient 3.4
Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. 75 Estimated Efficient 4.5
Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents. 75 Estimated Efficient 3.8
Provide expert testimony in litigation cases. 75 Estimated Standard 3.8
Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes. 75 Estimated Frontier 3.8
Write and revise safety regulations and codes. 75 Estimated Frontier 3.3
Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products. 65 Estimated Efficient 4.4
Evaluate product designs for safety. 65 Estimated Efficient 4.3
Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing. 65 Estimated Efficient 4.2
Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse. 65 Estimated Efficient 4.2
Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations. 65 Estimated Efficient 4.1
Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors. 65 Estimated Efficient 4.0
Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met. 65 Estimated Standard 3.9
Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy. 65 Estimated Efficient 3.8
Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns. 65 Estimated Standard 3.3
Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards. 65 Observed Frontier 4.3
Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. 50 Estimated Standard 4.3
Develop industry standards of product safety. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.6
Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research. 50 Estimated Efficient 3.4
Design and build safety equipment. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.3
Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery. 50 Estimated Standard 3.0
Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.3
Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated. 20 Estimated Efficient 3.6
Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance. 20 Estimated Efficient 3.0
Install safety devices on machinery or direct device installation. 20 Estimated Efficient 3.0

Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 1 of 27 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 26 of 27. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.

The model tier this role needs

A standard-tier model or lower covers 82% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.

Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.

Wages, employment and outlook

US employment
21,450
Median annual wage
$115,160
Middle half of earners
$90,930 to $142,980
Projected change, 2024 to 2034
+4.4%

Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034. BLS publishes these figures by SOC code, so O*NET occupations that share a SOC code show the same figures.

Adjacent roles

The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.

Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.

Questions about Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors and AI

Will AI replace Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors?

AI already handles 18 of the 27 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 60 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +4.4% from 2024 to 2034.

What is the AI exposure of Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors?

60 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 1 of the 27 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 26 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.

Which Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors tasks can AI already do?

The tasks with the highest exposure are: Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions; Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations; Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents. They are three of the 18 tasks that reach 60 or more.

What AI model tier does this role need?

A standard-tier model or lower covers 82% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.

How many people work as Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors, and what do they earn?

21,450 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $115,160 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +4.4% from 2024 to 2034.

How to cite

Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.

JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/health-and-safety-engineers-except-mining-safety-engineers-and-inspectors

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