title: [The 20th century legal framework regarding risk at work and occupational health in Colombia].
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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Investigador Independiente, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arango-Soler
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, jelunag@unal.edu.co.
authors.forename: Jairo E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Luna-García
authors.affiliation: Universidad Manuela Beltrán.
authors.forename: Yerson A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Correa-Moreno
authors.affiliation: Centro de Innovación y Educación en Salud, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá.
authors.forename: Adriana C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012306:Risk; D012943:Social Security / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence