en Occupational Health Short Report Short Report <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a name="OLE_LINK25"><strong>Background:</strong></a> Occupational accidents cause death and disabilities among millions of workers around the world. The mining industry is among the riskiest occupations in this respect. This study aims to investigate interventions made and challenges faced by the health system in response to the Zemestan-Yurt Mine explosion in the Golestan Province, Iran, 2017.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> In this article, being a field report, data were collected through direct observations and interviews with first responders involved in the response process, and by checking national and local reports from other organizations.<br> <strong>Result:</strong> On Wednesday, May 4, 2017, at 11:58 AM, an explosion occurred in the Yurt coal mine, Golestan Province, in which 126 people were affected directly or indirectly. In fact, 43 workers were killed immediately after the explosion of a coal wagon, 55 were dispatched to hospitals, and 28 received outpatient health services. In this incident, more than 100 teams from various organizations, including the health system, arrived at the scene and carried out relief and rescue operations.<br> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> The results of the current study indicate that the health system does not have specific instructions, training plans, as well as well-trained and prepared personnel for managing mine-related accidents. Besides, interactions are not integrated and coordinated among disaster management response teams<span dir="RTL">.</span> Therefore, developing preparedness instructions for responding to disasters, forming rapid response teams and training them for industrial accidents, as well as performing joint exercises and drills with responsible organizations can be effective in improving responses to such accidents.</span></span></p> Health Services,Occupational Accidents,Health System,Explosions,Iran. 204 208 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-420-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Moslem Sarani sarani.moslem@gmail.com 22400319475328460011870 22400319475328460011870 No PhD Candidate in Health in Disasters and Emergencies, Dept. of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Mohammadreza Honarvar honarvar@goums.ac.ir. 22400319475328460011871 22400319475328460011871 No Assistant Prof., Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Golestan University of Medical Sciences Ali Sahebi ali.sahebi.phd@gmail.com 22400319475328460011872 22400319475328460011872 No PhD in Health in Disasters and Emergencies, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran. Ilam University of Medical Sciences Meysam Safi-Keykaleh meysam.safi@yahoo.com 22400319475328460011873 22400319475328460011873 No Assistant Prof., Nahavand School of Allied Medical Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran. Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Saeedeh Nateghinia s.nateghinia@gmail.com 22400319475328460011874 22400319475328460011874 No PhD in Industrial Management, Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Katayoun Jahangiri k.jahangiri@sbmu.ac.ir 22400319475328460011875 22400319475328460011875 Yes Professor, Dept. of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences