Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Prevention of Farm Tractor Overturn Fatalities

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• Personal Author:
  Cole, Henry P. ; Donovan TA ; McKnight RH
• Description:
  Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data identify six states within or near the Appalachian mountain range that have the highest rates of agricultural tractor overturn deaths within the United States. Demographic and economic data that characterize farms in these six states were compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2002 Census of Agriculture files. Regional geological and geographic data were examined to identify topographic features within the six states. In combination, these data suggest that a majority of farms in these states are small acreage livestock operations, located on terrain with steep slopes, with annual value of sales <$10,000 a year, total equipment valued at <$20,000, with low prevalence of tractors with rollover protective structures (ROPS), and operators who work at off-farm jobs >200 days per year. Variations in these variables across the six states are examined as compared to the pooled values for all six states, and as compared to the pooled values for all U.S. farms. Surveillance methods for identifying, targeting, and implementing ROPS-promotion efforts within these states are described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Machinery Author Keywords: Demographics Demographic Characteristics Economics Equipment Operators Farm Fatalities Motor Vehicles Risk Analysis Surveillance Programs Tractor-overturn Tractors

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  164-171
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035400
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2009 Apr; 14(2):164-171
• Contact Point Address:
  Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY 40504-9842
• Email:
  hcole@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:428ea94671e573d7b3954a976b15ed9e4dc683d9df6eeb739b3b1b4b065fb121dbfabea8182b0803a35bb329540be08d7adf4da6779090f243d572e35ff10816
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187269/cdc_187269_DS1.pdf
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