Colombia

Organization responsible for the statistics

Instituto de Seguros Sociales, Subdirección de Servicios de Salud, División Nacional de Salud Ocupacional (Social Security Institute, Subdirectorate for Health Services, National Occupational Health Division).

Source

Insurance records.

Coverage

Persons:

Insured employees.

Economic activities:

All economic activities and sectors.

Geographic areas:

Whole country.

Establishments:

Not available.

Types of occupational accidents covered

Reported injuries including commuting accidents.

Concepts and definitions

Not available.

Minimum period of absence from work: not available.

Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury: not available.

Documentation

Bibliographic references:

The data are published in:

Instituto de Seguros Sociales: Informe Estadístico (annual).

Data published by ILO:

The following data are furnished regularly to the ILO for publication in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, relating to reported injuries (including commuting accidents): total number of persons injured, number of persons fatally injured. From 1995, data are also available on the number of persons injured with lost workdays and on the workdays lost by them, and all data are classified by economic activity. The number of persons at risk is also supplied and stored in the LABORSTA database.