Workplace Safety & Loss Prevention Consultant & Specialist Certificate

Section 134 of New York's Workers' Compensation Law establishes a certification program for consultants who help employers with safety, drug and alcohol prevention, and return-to-work programs. The dataset lists certified individuals and firms, including their contact details, certificate status, and service areas. Columns such as 'Georeference', 'Counties', and 'New York Zip Codes' suggest this data can be linked to geographic boundaries for spatial analysis.

Use Cases

• Verifying a consultant's active certification and specialization using Certificate Number, Status, and Certificate Category.
• Mapping available certified service providers by region using City, State, Counties, and Georeference columns.
• Contacting certified specialists for program setup using Employer Name, Phone, and Email Address.
• Tracking certification validity and renewal cycles using Issue Date and Expiration date.
• Analyzing the distribution of consultant types (Safety, Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Return to Work) by Employer Type and Service Area.

Strengths

• Contains detailed geospatial reference columns (Georeference, Counties, New York Zip Codes) for location-based analysis.
• Lists specific legal foundations (Workers' Compensation Law Section 134, ICR 59 and 60) defining the program's scope.
• Available on multiple government data platforms (Socrata, Data.gov), indicating official provenance and public importance.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and license are not provided by any source platform.
• The 'last updated' dates conflict between sources (2026-04-03 vs 2026-04-11), creating uncertainty about freshness.
• Documentation on how the data is collected and maintained is absent from the provided descriptions.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Likely collected and maintained by the New York State agency administering the Workers' Compensation Law Section 134 program.

Freshness

2026-04-11 (from Data.gov, though this conflicts with the Socrata date of 2026-04-03)

Geography

New York State, United States (implied by columns referencing NYS Municipal Boundaries, Counties, New York Zip Codes)