Will AI replace Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
52/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 82% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 63% of the work
What the job involves
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.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(16)
- Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
- Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
- Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards.
- Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
- Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse.
and 11 more
Out of reach(11)
- Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
- Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
- Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
- 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.
and 6 more
Also called
Industrial Safety Engineer · Product Safety Engineer · Safety Engineer · System Safety Engineer · Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator (EHS Coordinator) · EHS Coordinator · Environmental Health and Safety Specialist (EHS Specialist) · EHS Specialist
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics