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Indicator 17: Occupational Safety and Health Professionals |
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| • Estimated number and rate of occupational safety and health professionals |
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| Data Source: Numbers of health and safety professionals: Current membership rosters of cited organizations. Employment estimates used to calculate rates: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey |
Occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals share the common goal of identifying hazardous conditions or practices in the workplace and helping employers and workers reduce the risks imposed by such conditions. It is important to assess the availability of such personnel to implement occupational health preventive services in the states. In a 2000 report, the Institute of Medicine estimated that approximately 75,000 to 125,000 Americans are active or eligible members of professional societies representing core OSH disciplines of occupational safety, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, and occupational health nursing.1 The report concluded that “the continuing burden of largely preventable occupational diseases and injuries and lack of adequate OSH services in most small and many large workplaces indicate a clear need for more OSH professionals at all levels.” Previously, in 1989, the American Medical Association recommended a ratio of one OSH physician per 1,000 employees.
This occupational health indicator provides information about occupational safety and health professionals who are board-certified occupational medicine physicians, members of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), board-certified occupational health nurses, members of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN), board-certified industrial hygienists, members of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), board-certified safety professionals, and members of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).
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| Data |
| • 2000 click here to view table |
| • 2001 click here to view table |
| • 2002 click here to view table |
| • 2003 click here to view table |
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1 Institute of Medicine. Safe Work in the 21st Century: Education and Training Needs for the Next Decade's Occupational Safety and Health Personnel. 2000
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