Equipment Dealers’ Perceptions of a Community-Based Rollover Protective Structure Promotion

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• Personal Author:
  Brandt VA ; Cole, Henry P. ; Morgan SE ; Piercy LR ; Struttmann TW
• Description:
  Farming is one of the most hazardous occupations and tractor overturns are the leading cause of agricultural fatalities. This community based injury intervention was designed to increase the number of Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) and seatbelts on tractors and promote safe operation of farm tractors in two counties. Equipment dealers who sell retro-fit ROPS kits to farmers were a critical component of the intervention initiative. During a 31 month period, over 70 ROPS were sold. Interviews were conducted with dealers at the end of the three year project to understand their perceptions, what difficulties they experienced as a result of the project and how a similar project could be improved. Comments were analyzed in relation to social science theories. This study concludes with recommendations for designers of community-based interventions beyond the ROPS project described here. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Tractors
• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  131-139
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033511
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 2001 Mar; 17(2):131-139
• Contact Point Address:
  Timothy W. Struttmann M.S.P.H, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, Kentucky School of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e36b1ed0e0a3e297b13b230e0835e720c30fc09d59073586e578ebe0dcbd71ac6ec8413e2cd9f973585fe697cda935e4e054bb34140ec35bd67d01834f87cf9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189051/cdc_189051_DS1.pdf
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