association between job satisfaction and occupational accidents among operating staff at a cement factory, 2018

Background: job satisfaction can lead to better performance and a reduction in occupational accidents, thereby increasing organizational productivity. this study aims to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and occupational accidents in the operating staff of a cement industry. materials and methods: this descriptive study was conducted at lamerd cement factory in the fars province. all employees at that factory were considered the target population of the study (n = 53). the census method was used in this study to assess the incidence rate and to complete the job satisfaction questionnaire. besides, data analysis was performed using the independent samples t-test and the one-way anova in spss 24. results: the average job satisfaction is correlated with the number of accidents (p = 0.003), which shows people with more than once accident have less job satisfaction. besides, the number of trainings has a direct correlation with the average job satisfaction (p = 0.016), and married people are more satisfied than single ones. conclusion: occupational hazard evaluations have a direct effect on the level of job satisfaction. due to the direct relationship between training and the increase in job satisfaction, providing relevant trainings is emphasized.