Continuous Overturn Control of Compactors/Rollers by Rollover Protective Structures

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• Personal Author:
  Myers, Melvin L.
• Description:
  The objective of this article is to report on the effectiveness of Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) in preventing continuous overturns of compactors/rollers. This study is a case-based analysis of government investigation reports of injury-related overturns of compactors/rollers. The overturns were predominately on construction sites including road and embankment construction in the USA. Other sites included driveway and roadway maintenance or repair and transporting of compactors/rollers either by driving or when loading on or unloading from trailers. The principle intervention observed in controlling a continuous overturn (a roll beyond 90 degrees relative to the impact surface) was the presence of a ROPS on a compactor/roller that serves as an anti-roll bar. The main outcome measures are cases of compactor/roller overturns that are restricted to a 90 degrees roll or are continuous (exceed a 90 degrees roll.) All cases of an overturn in which a ROPS was present resulted in no continuous overturn, and the cases involved with no ROPS averaged an overturn of 301 degrees, showing a propensity for a continuous overturn. This case-based analysis identified a ROPS on compactors/rollers as an effective control for reducing the risk of an overturn to 90 degrees relative to the impact plane. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Continuous Roll Construction Equipment Construction Workers Heavy Equipment Overturn Road Construction Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Vehicle Safety
• ISSN:
  1479-3105
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Kentucky ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  45-49
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058732
• Citation:
  Int J Veh Saf 2008 Jan; 3(1):45-49
• Contact Point Address:
  Melvin L. Myers, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
• Email:
  melmyers@bellsouth.net
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Vehicle Safety
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d8f7a66fb6dc914a2a1eaa15d002c6983c2cd8377ecf4a68b5e7f5180c8fefc02035b949eaa03b08917e6bf25d285dfcef175771d401f94f09fd4efd2d079cf6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223133/cdc_223133_DS1.pdf
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