Public Health Focus: Effectiveness of Rollover Protective Structures for Preventing Injuries Associated with Agricultural Tractors

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Agriculture ranks fourth among U.S. industries for work-related fatalities. Fatalities associated with agricultural machinery commonly involve farm tractors, and rollover incidents (i.e., the tractor tips sideways or backward and overturns, crushing the operator) account for 46% (Minnesota) to 76% (Georgia) of all farm tractor-related fatalities. Annually, agricultural tractor rollovers result in approximately 132 work-related deaths among persons aged greater than or equal to 16 years *. This report summarizes information regarding the efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on agricultural tractors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Agriculture Farmers Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Occupational-accidents; Injuries; Agricultural-machinery; Agricultural-workers; Agriculture; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Region-4; Region-5; Tractors; Farmers; Age-groups
• Source:
  MMWR 1993 Jan; 42(3):57-59
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036889
• Citation:
  MMWR 1993 Jan; 42(3):57-59
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183270/cdc_183270_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 194.74 KB ]