The workers used in oil palm plantations is fraught with many different kinds of dangers that could lead to an accident. To prevent a disaster from happening in the future, the first step is to figure out why it happened in the past. This study aims to determine the relationship of mindset, employer, awareness, facilities, and workers accident. The primary data used in this study come from questionnaires on respondents’ mindset, awareness, employer, facilities and workers accident. From 90 people as the population, 75 respondents who met the criteria as a sample were chosen by using the Krejcie and Morgan table. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS Version 22. The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant influence simultaneously. Facilities is the main drivers in affecting the accident that happening in Jasin Melaka Estate. Therefore the estate management should discussed and communicate with their workers to met up the safety demand from the workers.
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