Rollover protection structure (ROPS) for farm tractors: the stage is set for local action.

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• Personal Author:
  Etherton JR ; Maines W ; Parker ZJ
• Description:
  Between 1980 and 1985, nearly 800 people were killed in the United States in farm tractor rollovers. Current data show that farm tractor rollover fatalities have been a factor in 17 percent of all deaths to workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Industry. A 30 percent reduction in the fatality rate for this industry is a Year 2000 goal for the nation. To address this problem of farm tractor rollovers, a workshop was held to develop strategies for research and safety promotion in preventing fatalities to farm tractor operators. A widely recognized engineering intervention to prevent rollover fatalities is the use of rollover protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts on all tractors. Proposed strategies fell into two categories: (1) retrofitting tractors built between 1970 and 1985, for which ROPS have already been designed; and (2) retrofitting tractors built before 1970, for most of which there are no ROPS designs. Workshop attendees felt that local action groups should begin educational campaigns to encourage owners of tractors built since 1970 to have lifesaving ROPS and seat belts installed.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Pathology Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Exposure Levels Farmers Farm Workers Fatalities Fishing Industry Forestry Hazards Humans Men Preventive Medicine Protective Equipment Protective Measures Risk Factors Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Safety-practices Safety Belts Safety Education Tractors Women Work Environment Worker-health Workers

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  563
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056002
• Citation:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000). Myers ML, Herrick RF, Olenchock SA, Myers JR, Parker, John E., Hard DL, Wilson K, eds. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 92-105, 1992 Sep; :563
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML ; Herrick RF ; Olenchock SA ; Myers JR ; Parker, John E. ; Hard DL ; Wilson K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000), April 30-May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181765/cdc_181765_DS1.pdf
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