Background:

The safety climate is a measurable element of safety culture. Based on professionals’ perceptions, it is possible to know the safety context of an organization.

Objective:

Assess the safety climate and its relationship to accidents/occupational diseases in a psychosocial care unit.

Methodology:

Quantitative, inferential study with nursing workers in a psychosocial care unit. A semi-structured questionnaire and the ClimaSeg-H - Escala de Clima de Segurança no Trabalho Hospitalar (Hospital Work Safety Climate Scale) were used. Analysis was carried out using the IBM SPSS Statistics program.

Results:

As for the safety climate, the domain with the worst evaluation was “Support for work and safety practices”. There was an association between the safety climate and the variables accidents/occupational diseases, use of medications, and missed work resulting from work-related accidents/illnesses.

Conclusion:

There are weaknesses in the safety culture related to work and safety practices support. Having an accident/illness at work, using medications, and/or missing work is associated with the poorest perceptions of the safety climate.

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