Introduction. Sports injuries, unlike work accidents, are distinguished by high rates of disability and absenteeism. Objective. Identify the incidence and associated demographic and occupational variables in the occurrence of work accidents and sports injuries in the affected workers of a company in the hydrocarbons sector of Colombia between 2012 and 2016. Methodology. A descriptive observational study was conducted with retrospective information collected between 2012 and 2016, in a population of 673 workers in which 469 had sports injuries and 204 work accidents. Results. It was found that the highest incidence of sports injuries was presented in 2014: 2.07 (2012: 1.13 - 2016: 0.02). The incidence of occupational accidents presents a progressive decrease (2012: 0.56 - 2016: 0.38). The average age in sports injuries was 36.7 and for work accidents of 38.5 years. The average of days of absenteeism in sports injuries was 4.9 and for work accidents of 4.5 days. Overweight and obesity are present in 71.1% of workers with accidents at work and in 67.8% with sports injuries. Soccer contributes 83.4% of sports injuries. When comparing days of absenteeism by sex, type of injury, body mass index-BMI (grouped), age groups using Mann Whitney test and Kruskal Wallis test, it was found that only by type of injury there are statistically significant differences (p-value 0.000). The Poisson regression model with dependent variable counting Days of absenteeism and explanatory variables: type of injury, age groups and age in years, found that all these variables are significant in the model. For the BMI, it is evident that those with low and normal index have fewer days of absenteeism on average than those with a high BMI. Conclusion. The gradual decrease in the incidence of occupational accidents in the study company is explained by the impact of the implementation of Health and Safety at Work (HSE) standards in their operations, but high-level standards must be implemented to control sports injuries in the working population.
