Examining the Association Between Age and Tractor Driving Performance Measures Using a High-Fidelity Tractor Driving Simulator

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• Journal Article:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Casteel, Carri ; Faust, Kayla ; McGeHee, Daniel ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Ramirez, Marizen R. ; Rohlman, Diane S.
• Description:
  Transportation-related incidents are the leading cause of occupational fatalities for all industries in the U.S. In the agriculture industry, where tractor-related incidents are the leading cause of occupational fatality, fatal crashes occur more frequently among senior farm equipment operators (FEOs) than younger FEOs. This study examined the association between age and driving performance among FEOs using a simulated driving environment. We demonstrated that older FEOs have longer perception response times when encountering an incurring semi-truck during a simulated drive than younger FEOs. These results persisted when adjusted for selected medical diagnoses and medications, tractor generation, and tractor horsepower. However, due to the small sample size and limitations of the tractor driving simulator, its use for event perception response time research is questionable. The tractor driving simulator used in this study may be better suited for distracted driving studies and studies comparing the ways in which FEOs drive passenger vehicles compared to tractors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Equipment Safety Farmers Motor Vehicles Occupational Health Safety Tractor Transportation
• Keywords:
  Agriculture; Agricultural Industry; Agricultural Machinery; Tractors; Farm Workers; Equipment Operation; Computerized Simulation; Age Factors; Simulation Methods; Transportation; Author Keywords: Driving Simulation; Perception Response Time; Senior Drivers; Tractor
• Source:
  J Agric Saf Health 2021 Jul; 27(3):159-175
• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Pubmed ID:
  34350743
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8607457
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  U19 OH008868/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH007548/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  22 pdf pages
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064796
• Contact Point Address:
  Kayla Faust, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
• Email:
  kayla-faust@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a8ee76fd2bbf68f43d3001f710c58a766d57a12aa55ee6d697a91150cc6ed18e980a8e70f8bc4bcd6450a37604cf4581e29fe8fdaa12ce89e59fd5c10b61d9e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111923/cdc_111923_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 709.46 KB ]