Net Monetary Benefit of Cost-Effective Rollover Protective Structures CROPS): An Estimate of the Potential Benefits of the CROPS Research Project

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• Personal Author:
  Owusu-Edusei K Jr.
• Description:
  This study builds on an earlier study to examine the net monetary benefit of installing cost-effective rollover protective structures (CROPS) instead of utilizing existing ROPS retrofits for all estimated non-ROPS tractors in the year 2004. With the conservative estimates used in the analyses, results indicate that compared to the baseline option (no-protective structure), the Install-ROPS option results in a loss of $310 million to society, while the Install-CROPS option results in a net monetary benefit of $276 million over a 20-year period. A comprehensive sensitivity analysis indicated that, for the extreme values (estimates) used, the estimated net monetary benefit is most sensitive to the probability of tractor overturn. Break-even analysis indicated that the unit cost of intervention for the Install-CROPS option can increase by about 58% and still be able to pay for itself. Even when the minimal unit cost of intervention for ROPS is used, the payback period is reduced substantially for the Install-CROPS option, by almost half the payback period. Finally, compared to existing ROPS retrofits, the net monetary benefit is $586 million, representing an estimate of the potential benefits of the CROPS research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Author Keywords: Cohort Analysis Cost-benefits Analysis CROPS Equipment-design Injury-prevention Net Monetary Benefit Protective-equipment Protective-measures ROPS Safety-equipment Safety-measures Work-operations Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• 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:
  351-363
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035900
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2008 Aug; 14(3):351-363
• Contact Point Address:
  Kwame Owusu-Edusei Jr., Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, 1095 Willowdale Rd., MS/1811, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  kfo0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Social and Economic Consequences
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a97b4ae6fc91cf5b909c72310797e49fdd117da6a408eae0cf427a74e03ca3e4c4e870855ee8ad29a7bef3e000ecc0e61879ebf5236db7895e0e2a05004faf0d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187578/cdc_187578_DS1.pdf
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