Construction sector, which plays an economically active role, has been one of the areas with the highest risk in terms of occupational health and safety. For this reason, it is necessary to minimize the accidents that may occur in the construction industry and their negative effects in order to prevent economic losses that may result in temporary or permanent incapacity or labor losses due to death. In recent years in Turkey, decreases in the frequency of occupational accidents have been observed as a result of improvements in Occupational Health and Safety regulations. However, both overall accident frequencies and the number of accidents that result in death are still high in the country. Therefore, the measures taken with legal regulations in the sector are not sufficient alone; in this situation workers' attitudes towards occupational health and safety should also be evaluated. In this study it was aimed to determine the perceptions of employees in the construction projects in Istanbul, Van and Malatya cities toward occupational health and safety, and to present some suggestions based on research findings. In this context, results are expected to shed light on workers' health and safety for companies in the construction industry.

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