Objectives To investigate and analyze the influential factors related to occupational health education and the status of occupational health promotion in a state-owned enterprise.

Methods Utilizing a selfmade questionnaire to investigate the age, length of service, the degree of education, whether suffered from occupational diseases, health education needs and training methods.

Results Factors influencing the effectiveness of occupational health education are the age, length of service, degree of education, history of occupational diseases and the attitude of "knowledge, belief and practice" of workers, as well as the training methods for occupational health.

Conclusions In carrying out an occupational education program, the age, length of service, the degree of education of workers should be considered according to the different population and different requirements for the training, to provide targeted occupational health education and select a reasonable training mode.