Tractors, Trees, and Rollover Protective Structures: A Cause for Concern

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• Personal Author:
  Gorucu S ; Johnson A ; Khorsandi F ; Milkovich PJ ; Scott E ; Sorensen JA ; Weichelt BP
• Description:
  Injury and fatality events that are caused by tree work and tractor-related activities contribute to the already elevated rates of work-related injuries in the agriculture and logging sectors. This brief report highlights the circumstances surrounding these events, as well as a number of surveillance sources that identify the extent to which they contribute to the injury burden in these hazardous industries. These data sources include fatality investigations, agricultural injury news reports, consumer product injury data captured from emergency rooms and near-miss reporting data captured from individuals participating in the National Rollover Protective Structure Rebate Program (NRRP). Several recommendations for further research and interventional efforts are outlined, with particular consideration of the manner in which rollbars have been involved in falling object incidents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Forestry Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agriculture Author Keywords: Falling Objects Fatalities Injuries Injury Logging Logging Industry Motor Vehicles Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Surveillance Tractors Tree Work

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  162-167
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069144
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2024 Apr; 29(2):162-167
• Contact Point Address:
  Julie A. Sorensen, Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Bassett Research Institute, One Atwell Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326
• Email:
  julie.sorensen@bassett.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:82f3dc280fc8f0d5ca67b86fb086061dfadf8a85c51c7a9785fe119d58d6a6e88491fd2d6c1cc23f54d9fef8e6843ad8b761eb5a11b811e1d478718061106c90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207678/cdc_207678_DS1.pdf
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