The Rocky Mountain Center For Occupational And Environmental Health (rmcoeh)

What The Rocky Mountain Center For Occupational And Environmental Health (rmcoeh) does

The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) is a non-profit academic and research partnership established in 1977 between the University of Utah and Weber State University, headquartered at 250 E. 200 S., Suite 100, Salt Lake City, Utah. It is one of the oldest and largest occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) training centers in the United States and the only center in the Mountain West offering comprehensive programs across all OEHS disciplines. RMCOEH delivers a layered academic portfolio spanning a Bachelor of Science in OEHS (Weber State), a Master of Occupational Health (MOH) and Master of Science in Occupational Health (MSOH) — including online variants through UOnline — a PhD in OEH, an ACGME-accredited two-year Occupational Medicine Residency, an Occupational Health Nursing Graduate Certificate, and a Mining Safety program launched in fall 2024. Research capabilities include industrial hygiene (air sampler design, exposure assessment, wind tunnel labs), ergonomics and biomechanics (Utah Bionic Leg, exoskeletons, motion-capture), occupational health psychology, occupational medicine, mining ventilation and safety, and occupational injury prevention, yielding approximately 80 peer-reviewed publications annually.

RMCOEH's commercial footprint is anchored by a Continuing Education division that serves more than 15,700 businesses annually and 215,342 trainees since 2018 through Mountain West OSHA courses, NIOSH courses, HAZWOPER, CERT, respirator fit testing, and the annual Utah Conference on Safety and Industrial Hygiene (~300 attendees, $160-$260/registration). It operates the Center for Meeting Effectiveness consulting for 350+ organizations and the SeeDS program for animal welfare organizations. Revenue derives from four streams: degree program tuition (MOH online at $1,103.01/credit, ~$33,090 per degree), continuing-education course and conference fees, a sustained NIOSH grant of $8.6 million plus Utah legislative annual appropriations of $2.8 million, and donations channeled through the Utah SB159 tax offset program with supporters including WCF Insurance, Liberty Mutual, Intermountain Health, Brigham Young University, American Liberty Insurance, and the Dennis and Sue Lloyd Endowed Fund. Go-to-market combines sales-led recruitment of working professionals (BLS projects 14,500 annual OEHS job openings) with community-led outreach that has reached more than 663 million people since 2018 via lectures, media, site visits, and consultations.

Name

The Rocky Mountain Center For Occupational And Environmental Health (rmcoeh)

Legal name

Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Website

https://rmcoeh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Short description

RMCOEH is a non-profit academic and research partnership between the University of Utah and Weber State University, established in 1977, that delivers occupational and environmental health and safety degrees, residencies, certificates, and continuing-education training to working professionals and employers across the Mountain West.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Occupational Health and Safety Education

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental, Health & Safety / Sustainability (EHS, Environmental Compliance CE) (EDAAALAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compliance, Risk & EHS Management (BPABAAAK)

Keywords

• Occupational health education
• Industrial hygiene training
• Ergonomics safety program
• Workplace safety training
• Occupational medicine residency

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Degree Program Tuition: RMCOEH generates revenue primarily through tuition from its degree programs. The online Master of Occupational Health (MOH) charges $1,103.01 per credit. Graduate certificates (e.g., Occupational Health Nursing) and undergraduate programs at Weber State University also generate tuition revenue. The MSOH program is accredited by ANSAC of ABET, and the center has also received legislative funding support.
2. Continuing Education Programs: The Continuing Education program operates through Weber State University and is supported by a NIOSH grant. It offers dozens of NIOSH and OSHA courses, outreach training programs, Mountain West OSHA courses, and safety and health courses. The program serves more than 15,700 businesses annually and has trained more than 150,000 professionals since 1977. Revenue is generated through course registration fees.
3. Conferences and Event Registration: RMCOEH hosts the annual Utah Conference on Safety and Industrial Hygiene (Oct 8-9, 2026) with short courses (Oct 7) and general sessions. Two-day individual registration is $260, one-day is $160, and virtual registration is $200. The conference welcomes approximately 300 professionals and qualifies for CEU and ABIH points. Additional conferences include the Annual Compensable Disability Forum.
4. Donations and Tax Offset Contributions: RMCOEH receives donations through its support page and via a Utah state law (SB159) that allows employers and workers compensation insurers to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax offset by contributing up to 0.2% of taxable premiums to RMCOEH. Major donors include WCF Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Brigham Young University, American Liberty Insurance Company, and Intermountain Health.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RMCOEH is an academic and research partnership between the University of Utah and Weber State University that delivers interdisciplinary education, training, and applied research in occupational and environmental health and safety. It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs (BS in OEHS, MSOH, MOH, PhD), an ACGME-accredited Occupational Medicine Residency, a graduate certificate in Occupational Health Nursing, and a NIOSH-supported Continuing Education program serving professionals and businesses with OSHA, HAZWOPER, and workplace safety courses.

Product overview

RMCOEH is an educational institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of academic programs and professional services in occupational and environmental health and safety. The core offerings include undergraduate and graduate degrees (Bachelor's in OEHS, MSOH, MOH, PhD in OEH, MS in Mechanical Engineering), medical residency programs (Occupational Medicine Residency), graduate certificates (Occupational Health Nursing), and continuing education courses. Programs are delivered through partnerships with the University of Utah and Weber State University, with emphasis areas including Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics and Safety, Occupational Injury Prevention, Occupational Health Psychology, Mining Safety, and Occupational Medicine. The institution also provides research training, workplace services (Respirator Fit Testing, HAZWOPER Training), hosts the annual Utah Conference on Safety and Industrial Hygiene, and operates the Total Worker Health Center and SeeDS program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Meeting Effectiveness: A center within RMCOEH focused on enabling effective collaboration through improved meetings, led by Dr. Joseph Allen
• Mountain West OSHA
• SeeDS

Products and services

• Bachelor of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS) Undergraduate bachelor's degree training students to meet the need for OEHS professionals, with classes at Weber State University and University of Utah.
• Master of Science in Occupational Health (MSOH) Graduate professional degree with emphases in Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Mining Safety, Occupational Health Psychology, Occupational Injury Prevention, and Occupational Safety; MSOH-IH program is ABET-accredited.
• Master of Occupational Health (MOH) Graduate degree designed for professionals with terminal degrees or currently working in occupational health and safety, offered on-campus at the University of Utah.
• Online Master of Occupational Health (MOH) Online MOH degree with Occupational Safety and Occupational Medicine emphases offered through UOnline at $1,103.01 per credit, with 30 credits totaling approximately $33,090.30.
• PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Advanced doctoral training for problem-solving, professional practice through research, or academic careers in occupational and environmental health.
• Occupational Medicine Residency Two-year ACGME-accredited residency program in occupational medicine, one of the largest and longest-running in the country, with residents completing the MOH degree in the first year.
• Occupational Health Nursing Graduate Certificate Online 15-credit graduate certificate preparing BSN-level nurses to sit for the American Board for Occupational Health Nurses certifying board examination.
• Continuing Education Program (Mountain West OSHA, Safety and Health Training, Outreach Training) NIOSH-supported program offering dozens of NIOSH and OSHA courses, HAZWOPER training, respirator fit testing, CERT training, and other safety and health courses through Weber State University, serving more than 15,700 businesses annually and 215,342 trainees since 2018.
• Utah Conference on Safety and Industrial Hygiene Annual conference welcoming approximately 300 occupational and environmental health and safety professionals for short courses, breakout sessions, networking, and CEU/ABIH points.
• Respirator Fit Testing Services Service providing quantitative and qualitative fit testing for N95s, half-face, and full-face respirators for workers and organizations.
• HAZWOPER Training Workplace safety training for hazardous waste operations and emergency response, designed for organizations needing compliance and emergency preparedness.
• Center for Meeting Effectiveness (CME) Research and consulting center that has consulted for more than 350 nonprofit and for-profit organizations on enabling effective collaboration through improved meetings; faculty have authored approximately 25% of peer-reviewed research on meeting science.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates report reducing injuries in their organizations by an estimated 35.6%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered primary, core and minor.

• University of UtahprimaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021University of Utah, through its School of Medicine's Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, is RMCOEH's primary academic partner. The center is housed in the UU School of Medicine and offers MSOH, MOH, and PhD programs through UU departments including Mechanical Engineering and the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health.
• Weber State UniversityprimaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Weber State University is RMCOEH's second academic partner, offering the Bachelor of Science in OEHS, Occupational Health Nursing Graduate Certificate, and operating the Continuing Education program through its continue.weber.edu portal. The center was officially established as Utah's first multi-university partnership in 2021 through state legislation.
• UOnline (University of Utah Online Learning)coreTechnology or IntegrationUOnline partners with RMCOEH to deliver the online Master of Occupational Health (MOH) degree, providing the technical platform and online learning infrastructure for distance-based education. Students interact with RMCOEH faculty through UOnline's virtual learning environment.
• Brigham Young UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBYU is a SB159 tax offset contributor and partner in RMCOEH's initiative to raise awareness among high schoolers and early-stage undergraduates about OEHS educational opportunities and careers, alongside Utah State University.
• Utah State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSU partners with RMCOEH on an initiative to raise awareness among high schoolers and early-stage undergraduates about OEHS careers. USU also offers undergraduate industrial hygiene training that feeds into RMCOEH's graduate programs.
• ChevroncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChevron provides rotation/preceptorship sites for RMCOEH Occupational Medicine Residents in Houston, Texas. Residents learn development, management, and evaluation of comprehensive occupational health programs within a multinational energy corporation.
• NASA Kennedy Space CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA KSC provides rotation/preceptorship for OM residents, offering experience at a major aerospace manufacturing facility. Residents learn health and safety problems and programs, participate in job task analysis, and evaluate work-relatedness of reported illnesses.
• Hill Air Force BasecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHill Air Force Base (Layton, Utah) provides rotation experience at an occupational and environmental health clinic serving approximately 20,000 civilian and military employees involved in aircraft maintenance and overhaul.
• Puget Sound Naval ShipyardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPuget Sound Naval Shipyard (Bremerton, Washington) provides OM residents with experience in shipbuilding occupational hazards, hazardous materials medical surveillance programs, and fitness for duty determinations.
• Utah Department of Environmental QualitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides population-based rotation experience for OM residents in investigating environmental health concerns, participating in regulatory development and implementation, and interacting with state legislators.
• U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOSHA provides rotation experience at the national regulatory agency (Washington, D.C.) for OM residents, offering experience in regulatory, enforcement, and consultative services.
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerATSDR (Atlanta, Georgia) provides rotation experience for OM residents, serving the public by responding to public health toxicological exposure concerns and providing health information to prevent harmful exposures.
• Utah Labor CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides population-based rotation experience for OM residents in the workers compensation system, including claims adjustments, emergency response teams, industrial hygiene and safety field site investigations, and Utah OSHA program management.
• Intermountain Healthcare (WorkMed)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorkMed (Intermountain Healthcare) provides clinical rotation opportunities for OM residents in Salt Lake, Layton, and Orem, Utah.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health: NIOSH ERC offering graduate degrees and continuing education in OEHS disciplines. Comparable structure as a regional multi-disciplinary OEHS center with residency, degree, and outreach programs.
• University of Illinois Chicago - Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health: NIOSH-funded ERC covering industrial hygiene, occupational safety, and occupational medicine with regional training responsibilities analogous to RMCOEH's Mountain West OSHA designation.
• Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational and Environmental Health: NIOSH-funded ERC affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine offering occupational medicine residency, graduate training, and Total Worker Health research. Comparable academic-medical OEHS center model.
• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health - ERC: NIOSH-funded ERC providing OEHS graduate training and research within a major public health school. Comparable as an academic OEHS education and research center competing for similar students and federal funding.
• University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE): NIOSH-funded ERC offering graduate training in industrial hygiene, occupational safety, and ergonomics. Highly comparable to RMCOEH's Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics & Safety programs in scope and NIOSH ERC funding model.
• University of Cincinnati Occupational Medicine Residency: One of the oldest and largest NIOSH-funded Education and Research Centers (ERCs) and home to a long-running ACGME-accredited Occupational Medicine Residency. Directly comparable as a multi-disciplinary OEHS education and research center with graduate programs, residency training, and NIOSH funding.
• University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS): Pacific Northwest NIOSH ERC offering graduate degrees and continuing education in occupational and environmental health. Comparable comprehensive OEHS scope with a similar mix of research, degree programs, and CE offerings.
• University of Minnesota - Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety: NIOSH-funded ERC providing interdisciplinary OEHS graduate training, continuing education, and outreach. Directly comparable as a regional NIOSH ERC with CE, degree, and research programs.

Broad incumbents

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - ERC: Large NIOSH ERC with OEHS graduate training and a deeply established research portfolio. Functions as a broader public health institution but competes for similar students, faculty, and NIOSH research funding.
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - ERC: One of the most established NIOSH-funded ERCs, offering graduate degrees in occupational and environmental health within a much larger public health school. Broader institution with overlapping OEHS training mission and similar funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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