Resumen

Currently in Colombia, work accidents are a matter of great importance, because not only do health problems occur for employees, but also costs for companies that are not always visualized, at indirect costs, this type the costs are quantified in companies and those that can be seen in the future. In this monograph, a bibliographic review is made regarding labor accidents and the variables that influence their cost, as well as a review of Colombian legislation for the meaning of the work accident that is sustained in this situation. Finally, in this bibliographic review, the variables that most influence the indirect costs of work accidents are considered. For this, use the methodological proposal for the bibliographic reviews of Gomez-Luna et al (2014) and the constant comparative method of the grounded theory (Glaser and Strauss, 1968) to analyze the information and propose a synthesis of the reviewed.