Investigate accidents to determine causes.

Investigate accidents to determine causes. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Investigate incidents or accidents. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (86%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Investigate hunting accidents or reports of fish or game law violations. · Fish and Game Wardens · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Review facts of incidents to determine if criminal act or statute violations were involved. · Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future. · Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Identify case issues and evidence needed, based on analysis of charges, complaints, or allegations of law violations. · Detectives and Criminal Investigators · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Investigate traffic accidents and other accidents to determine causes and to determine if a crime has been committed. · Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Investigate and report on accidents. · Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Investigate crop, property, or habitat damage or destruction or instances of water pollution to determine causes and to advise property owners of preventive measures. · Fish and Game Wardens · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Fish and Game Wardens
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators
• Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-investigate-accidents-to-determine-causes,
  title  = {Investigate accidents to determine causes.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/investigate-accidents-to-determine-causes}
}