The purpose of the WSO is to internationalize all safety fields
including occupational and environmental safety & health, accident
prevention movement, etc., and to disseminate throughout the world the
practices, skills, arts and technologies of safety and accident
prevention profession.
WSO provides facilities to pool technological and methodological
knowledge in the health, safety, environmental and accident prevention
profession worldwide, in order to share this wealth of information.
Membership in WSO is open to all individuals and entities involved in
the multi-discipline field of safety and accident prevention,
regardless of race, color, creed, ideology, religion, social status,
sex or political beliefs.
WSO Certification Board, an independent WSO Board, strives for
universal level of professionalism and competency among the WSO
Certified Members. The WSO certified members are professionals in the
multi-discipline of safety and accident prevention, recognized for
their practical experience, education and other learning programs,
obtained through academic institutions and continuing education
programs. WSO certified members are involved in all areas of
governments (federal, state, province, etc.). WSO Members are corporate
directors, university faculty, private consultants, medical doctors,
researchers, generalists or specialists, etc., in their field of
expertise.