Entry-Level Occupational Safety and Health Data Analyst
Remote$58k - $70kFull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Analyst position supporting national occupational safety and health programs by analyzing and classifying real-world workplace injury and illness data, with remote work flexibility.
Responsibilities
- Review workplace injury, illness, and fatality records and apply standardized case‑classification codes using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS)
- Exercise thoughtful, independent judgment to accurately classify complex or ambiguous cases while maintaining speed and consistency
- Draft brief, clear incident narratives that summarize the circumstances of each case in plain, concise language
- Manage multiple work queues and deadlines while maintaining high quality and attention to detail
- Collaborate regularly with team members and senior analysts for guidance, quality checks, and knowledge sharing
- Contribute to documentation, process improvements, and evolving analytical practices over time
- Experience with occupational health and safety and structured coding (e.g. OIICS, ICD coding) is preferred. However, training for OIICS version 3.03 coding will be provided
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in communications, health/environmental science, mathematics/statistics, or a related field
- Experience required: 0 to 5 years
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail, with the ability to apply rules consistently
- Excellent writing, editing, and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely
- Outstanding time-management and organizational skills with the ability to work independently in a remote environment to accomplish assignments in a timely manner
- Experience or strong interest in data analysis, public health, occupational safety, epidemiology, or related fields
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint)
- Willingness and ability to learn new software and technical skills as required
Skills
Required:Classification coding (OIICS)Writing and editingData analysis
Benefits
- health and dental insurance
- life insurance
- long-term disability
- educational benefits
- FSAs
- generous 401k plan
- profit sharing
- EAP
- 11-20 paid vacation days per year
- 10 paid holidays per year
- 56 hours or more of sick leave per year (pro-rated for part-time)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Eastern Research Group Inc.
Helping our clients protect public health and the environment, improve worker health and safety, ensure the safety of food and drugs, plan and design facilities, advance national security, and achieve other positive outcomes.
ERG helps clients protect the environment, improve worker health and safety, ensure the safety of food and drugs, and plan sustainable facilities.
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