| Sumario: | Background: Workers must be aware of what is happening around and their behavior is going on unsafe in terms of work safety. Workers was not trained about negative impacts to the health of his work and the work itself about the hazards posed are not easy that workers can improve the high performance and efficiency. Objective: The aim of this descriptive study is to assess workers' opinions on worker health and safety and inservice education situations. Methodology: Population of the study consisted workers textile, cement, sugar and furniture factory working in Erzurum. 413 workers who selected using stratified sampling method and accepted to participate in the study were included in scope of the study. Data was collected using the questionnaire, containing descriptive characteristics of workers, and the occupational health and safety scale. Results: Most of (88.9%) the workers, use their personal equipment when necessary; 78.9% have never experienced an occupational accident; 55.7% of those who had an occupational accident experienced this accident due to environmental factors. Moreover; it is detected that 88.4% of the workers had in-service trainings; 45.8% have had these trainings regularly and that field of in-service trainings is generally 'methods of protection from accidents (67.6%)'. It is determined that 36.8% of workers do not have necessary information regarding professional diseases and are partially informed related to laws and regulations of occupational health and safety. Conclusions: In the present study, it was determined that majority of workers have positive opinions on worker health and work safety and in-service training.
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