BUSINESS INSURANCE ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF SAFETY CONSULTANTS: EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THIS DIRECTORY

The tenth annual directory of safety consultants lists companies that provide services such as advice on employee safety, assistance in developing safety programs, safety audits and evaluations, employee training classes and safety research.

Information for the directory was gathered from responses to a Business Insurance questionnaire. The directory is published as an editorial service; there is no charge to be included.

To be listed consultants must offer their services directly to employers on an unbundled basis; companies that offer safety consulting only in conjunction with other products and services are not included. In addition, to be included companies are required to provide gross revenues; only firms that generate $200,000 or more in revenues from safety consulting are listed.

Listings begin with the name, phone and fax numbers of the company. Next is 1996 staff information, including professionals assigned to safety, occupational health and industrial hygiene consulting. The number of staff members who belong to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) also is included. All staff figures are reported in full-time equivalents.

The clients section includes the total number of safety clients along with the number of corporate and institutional safety consulting clients in 1996. Listed next are the company's 1996 gross revenues from safety consulting services directly to corporate or institutional employers, excluding third-party vendors.

The next section of the listing contains the year founded and parent company, if any. Also detailed are the safety consulting services and other services related to safety, such as research.

If the company specializes in consulting to a particular type of business or industry, it is listed under the specialties heading. Locations of branch offices providing safety consulting services follow. Service area details the states or regions served. Officers and a contact name conclude the listing.

Although every effort is made to publish complete and accurate listings, BI is unable to verify all information provided by the companies.