Citation

Arango-Soler JM, Luna-García JE, Correa-Moreno YA, Campos AC. Rev. Salud Publica 2013; 15(3): 354-365.

Vernacular Title

Marco legal de los riesgos profesionales y la salud ocupacional en Colombia, Siglo XX.

Affiliation

Centro de Innovación y Educación en Salud, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Salud en el Tropico)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25123994

Abstract

OBJECTIVE Analyzing the 20th century Colombian legal framework from the point of view of labor law, social security and public health for identifying concepts regarding occupational health and professional risk and trying to establish convergence and differences between such foci and whether they fulfilled a complementary view.

METHOD This work involved documentary research by means of thematic categorical analysis of the laws and statutes promulgated in 20th century Colombia, considering the main element or entity which should have regulated that related to professional risk or occupational health.

RESULTS The development of the 20th century Colombian legal framework regarding health at work was periodized, revealing the predominance of a view of social law focused on protecting dependent workers' work-related risks, as part of a tendency extending to the Colombian Sistema General de Riesgos Laborales.

CONCLUSIONS The proposed stages used for organizing the legal framework concerning social security regarding professional risk and occupational health facilitated some important elements being recognized concerning the social, legal and institutional context from which workers' health laws emerged. Tension was noted concerning statutes orientated towards redress and compensation regarding accidents at work and legislation emphasizing prevention.

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