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This study aims to analyze individual, occupational, and occupational health and safety behavior factors for decompression events in traditional diver fishermen in Ambon. Decompression is a disease in the form of an abnormality due to the release of gas bubbles in the blood due to decreased air pressure under the sea. This research was conducted on traditional diver fishermen using the case control research design and using nonprobability sampling techniques. Data collection tools in the form of questionnaires, interviews with respondents, and direct observation, using a measuring instrument. Data analysis used in the form of univariate, bivariate and multivariate with the use of SPSS statistical program. The results were obtained: there was a significant relationship between the length of work with decompression disease, there was a significant relationship between depth of diving and decompression disease, there was a significant relationship between duration of diving and decompression, there was a significant relationship between the frequency of diving and decompression, there is no significant relationship between safety and health behavior of water consumption and decompression disease, there is a significant relationship between occupational health and safety behavior using personal protective equipment with decompression sickness, the existence of a relationship which is not significant between occupational safety and health behavior of cigarette consumption and decompression disease, there is an insignificant relationship between occupational safety and health behavior of alcohol consumption and see the risk of each variable.