Creating a national coalition to address tractor overturn fatalities

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• Personal Author:
  Ayers PD ; May JJ ; Purschwitz MA ; Sorensen JA ; Tinc PJ
• Description:
  Tractor overturns continue to be the leading cause of death on U.S. farms. While rollover protective structures (ROPS) are effective in preventing these fatalities, they are underutilized due to a number of barriers. Past programs in the U.S. and abroad have targeted this area of agricultural safety; however, a national program is not yet in place for U.S. farmers. This study seeks to build a national partnership to address tractor overturn fatalities by increasing the number of tractors with ROPS. A diverse, multisector steering committee has been organized and is working together using Whole System in a Room methods. This method brings together partners from nine stakeholder groups to identify and commit to a collaborative solution to the issue. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Farmers Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Author Keywords: Collaboration Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Motor-vehicles Partnership ROPS Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Tractor Overturn Tractors Whole System In A Room

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  105-112
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046494
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2015 Apr; 21(2):105-112
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela Tinc, NEC, 1 Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326
• Email:
  pam.tinc@bassett.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d1a1899fc0ec0fa6cce59b88062aac7cbfb084a79829873ca7914dbd2d948e384c7cd413142ea140e034295e7f3123f03cf7b0850a17c11398d4961734812834
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201541/cdc_201541_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 167.01 KB ]