Investigate safety of work environment.

Investigate safety of work environment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Investigate organizational or operational problems. 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 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (88%) 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 industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Examine accidents to obtain data for use in design of preventive measures. · Nuclear Engineers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Review health, safety, accident, or worker compensation records to evaluate safety program effectiveness or to identify jobs with high incidence of injury. · Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts. · Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Analyze incident data to identify trends in injuries, illnesses, accidents, or other hazards. · Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
• Nuclear Engineers
• Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

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-safety-of-work-environment,
  title  = {Investigate safety of work environment.},
  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-safety-of-work-environment}
}