Why Bother with a ROPS Retrofit

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
• Description:
  In Michigan, since 2001, there have been 21 tractor overturns to the side or rear that have resulted in the death of the tractor operator. None of the tractors involved in the overturns were equipped with a Rollover Protection Structure (ROPS) and seat belt. ROPS/seatbelt retrofits are available for most of the tractors used in Michigan. By wearing a seat belt in a ROPS-equipped tractor, the operator most likely will not die or suffer a serious injury during a tractor overturn because he/she is kept within the "zone of protection" provided by the ROPS. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Engineering Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Control-technology Engineering-controls Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Surveillance-programs Tractors Traumatic-injuries Workers

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041082
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Department of Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, HA#8, 2006 Jul; :1-3
• Email:
  debra.chester@ht.msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State Department of Labor and Economic Growth
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Why bother with a ROPS retrofit
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a4ecc090f74523bafacef2ef5f22e71f3f5bbf26a188b061a2df65d2ae9c795e46a37ea95fedb74b72693c5e80d6d728ef0bd52d8324ad9df8273790f652a781
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228659/cdc_228659_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 782.20 KB ]