Prevalence of ROPS-Equipped Tractors on Minority Operated Farms in the US

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• Personal Author:
  Myers, John R.
• Description:
  Background: tractor overturns kill an average of 100 farmers and farm workers per year Roll-over protective structure, (ROPS) are a proven intervention, but are not on a sufficient number of tractors in the US to reduce these deaths. Little has beet? reported on ROPS use by racial minority farm operators. Methods: data from the NIOSH OISPA survey were used to assess ROPS prevalence rates from a random sample of racial minority farm operators for the year 2003, and ROPS prevalence rates from a random sample of all US farms for the year 2004. Results ROPS prevalence rates on minority farming operations follow similar patterns to ROPS prevalence rates on all US farms. A low prevalence of ROPS on farms was associated with operators over the age of 65 years, farms with small acreages, and farms operated on a part-time basis. The race of the operator had little impact on ROPS prevalence rates. Conclusions: factors such as acreage, farm operator age, region of the US, and full- or part-time farming status influence ROPS prevalence rates on farms more than the race of the operator. Understanding how ROPS prevalence differs across these farm and farm operator characteristics has the potential to efficiently target areas for ROPS promotion programs across the US. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Demography Education Farmers Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Age-factors Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Racial Minorities Demographic-characteristics Equipment-operators Farms Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-safety-programs Odds Ratio Protective-equipment Racial-factors ROPS Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Tractors

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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:
  408-418
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035384
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2009 May; 52(5):408-418
• Contact Point Address:
  John R.Myers, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, MS-1808,1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  jrmyers@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7db6d42550b9b73499de8044ed469b20bc539bc7263d093ad21ba7b5fb49fb07777ca68e5865416e0151720ca004f1a72f8a54496b0153820d571b2b5dd94cd8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187262/cdc_187262_DS1.pdf
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