摘要：Introduction:The existense of a variety of occupational injuries, various behaviors and sometimes unhealthy of rice farmers in exposure to occupational hazards and also the unique characteristics of rice farming, have prompted researchers to specifying the knowledge and practice of this important and populous group about occupational injuries, acquire necessary information for the development of delicated educational packages for rice farming.Methodes:The present descriptive-analytic research has been carried out in a cross-sectional approach. The study population consisted of all the male rice farmers of Amol city. The sample size was 186 subjects who were selected through available sampling method.Data were collected using a four-part questionnaire, completed by the interview, and were analyzed by SPSS 16 statistical software.Results:Among 186 participants studied, 131 (7.50%) were single and 55 (29.5%) were married.No significant relationship has been found between work experience and educational level (p>0.05). In terms of knowledge on proper preventive measures against complications and incidents, 34%, 45.7%, and 18.3% were found with poor, moderate, and good knowledge, and in terms of practice, 35.5%, 31.2%, and 33.3% were observed with poor, average, and good performance respectively. Radio and Television (76.3%), and friends and relatives (68.8%) played the most significant role in training the occupational safety points to the study samples. Among the farm-related harmful factors, the most risk factors responded was reported to be the sunlight (93.5%), heat (98.8%) and cold (88.7%). Conclusion:Given the results of the present research, it seems that rice farmers' knowledge and practice is insufficient on occupational health, especially in the prevention of complications and incidents and on the other hand, most cases of risk factors responded were announced to be the sunlight, heat and cold.Therefore, educational programming is emphatically recommended for promoting the awareness and improving the performance among the mentioned group
