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Job Description

Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2111.01

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Tasks for “Industrial Safety and Health Engineers”

Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.
Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation.
Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
Design and build safety equipment.
Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery.
Write and revise safety regulations and codes.
Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

Sampling pumps
Portable oxygen consumption meters
Magnetic field meters
Acoustic calibrators
High-flow air sampling pumps
Noise monitoring equipment
Sorbent tubes
Motion capture systems
High-volume asbestos sampling pumps
Vibration analyis equipment
Lumbar motion monitors
Reaction time simulators
Sound level meters
Strain gauges
Inclinometers
Reference frame dynamometers
Radio frequency signal analyzers
Digital dynamometers
Particulate measurement devices
Thermocouple temperature probes
Torsion meters
Electrogoniometers
Digital cameras
Heart rate monitors
Hand dynamometers
Noise dosimeters
Notebook computers
Sampling probes
Digital video recorders
Volatile organic compound VOC measurement devices
Torque gauges
Three-dimensional laser scanners
Push/pull dynamometers
Flicker-fusion meters
Personal digital assistants PDA
Force platforms
Accelerometers
Microbial contaminant measurement devices
Physiographic recorders
Sorbent dosimeters
Desktop computers
Multi-vapor reading instruments
Light meters
Electromyograph processing systems
Potentiometers
Anthropometers
Velometers
Heat stress monitors
Force gauges
Strength evaluation systems
Aerosol sampling devices
Octave band analyzers
Isokinetic dynamometers
Respiratory flow rate meters
Discriminative reaction time apparatus
Pinch meters

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