en Occupational Health Original Article <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Background: </strong>Safety culture and attitude form an integral part of organizations&#39; cultures and their improved levels are influential in the prevention of occupational accidents and injuries. The present study was conducted to assess the safety culture and attitude of workers in the mining industry in Iran.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Materials and Methods</strong>: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 workers employed in GolGohar Mine in Southeast Iran. Data were collected using a standard safety culture questionnaire, and then, analyzed in SPSS software using ANOVA, independent t-test, and the linear regression model.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Results:</strong> Participants&#39; mean age and mean length of work experience were 38.13 &plusmn; 7.11 and 9.95 &plusmn; 4.84 years, respectively. The level of education was found to be significantly related to management commitment (P = 0.003) and training (P = 0.001). Age was found to be significantly related to management commitment (P = 0.044), exchange of information (P = 0.020), and training (P = 0.047). In addition, work experience was found to be significantly related to training (P = 0.010) and safety prioritization (P = 0.002). However, employment and marital status had no significant relationships with the culture of safety (P > 0.050). Participants had experienced no occupational accidents during the course of their work.</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: The present study showed the effectiveness of the level of education, age, and work experience in promoting the culture of safety. Adopting measures to increase the employment of better educated individuals, providing safety training prior to recruitment, and using more experienced workers&rsquo; recommendations can promote the culture of safety in the organization and reduce occupational accidents.</span></p> Safety Culture, Attitude, Mining, Occupational Accidents 117 125 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-141-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 B Fazli Fazli_Babak@yahoo.com 2240031947532846004004 2240031947532846004004 Yes Lecturer, Health Promotion Research Center, Dept. of Occupational health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences H Ansari 2240031947532846004005 2240031947532846004005 No Health Promotion Research Center, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences H Zare 2240031947532846004006 2240031947532846004006 No Dept. of Occupational Heath, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences S Hami Mahkoyeh 2240031947532846004007 2240031947532846004007 No Dept. of Occupational Heath, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences A Sadeghzadeh 2240031947532846004008 2240031947532846004008 No Dept. of Occupational Heath, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences F Fazli 2240031947532846004009 2240031947532846004009 No Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Teharn, Iran. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences M Freidoni 2240031947532846004010 2240031947532846004010 No Dept. of Occupational Heath, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences