Installing a Cost-Effective Rollover Protective Structure (CROPS): A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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• Personal Author:
  Biddle, Elyce A. ; Owusu-Edusei K Jr.
• Description:
  Cost-effective rollover protective structures (CROPS) are tractor model-specific rollover protective structures (ROPS) that are as effective as existing ROPS retrofits (passed standardized structural static testing such as SAE J2194), but less costly (less than one-half the cost of existing ROPS retrofits). This study estimated the expected effects and costs at a per-tractor level for two options: No-CROPS and Install-CROPS. Expected injuries per tractor were 0.00169 with no CROPS and 0.00016 with CROPS installed, resulting in 0.00153 injuries prevented per tractor over a 20-year period. Expected costs were $457 and $248 with and without CROPS, respectively, over the same time period, giving the cost per injury prevented as $136,601. Comprehensive sensitivity analyses indicated that the probability of an overturn is one of the most important variables. When the cost of intervention ($1,000 for purchasing, shipping, and installation of ROPS retrofit) is used in the analysis, the cost-effectiveness ratio is $497,000 per injury prevented over the 20-year period. Thus, installing CROPS instead of existing ROPS retrofits improved the cost-effectiveness ratio substantially, with a 73% reduction in the net cost per injury prevented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-processes Author Keywords: Cost-effectiveness Analysis CROPS Decision Tree Dominance Equipment-design Injury-prevention Net Savings Protective-equipment Protective-measures ROPS Safety-equipment Safety-measures Sensitivity Analysis 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:
  165-176
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035902
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2007 May; 13(2):165-176
• 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
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• 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
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187580/cdc_187580_DS1.pdf
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