The News About Rollover Protective Structures: Findings from an Analysis of News from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Dorfman L ; Echard J ; Garcia K ; Mejia P ; Milkovich PJ ; Perez-Sanz SB ; Sorensen JA
• Description:
  Introduction: Rollover protective structures (ROPS) can prevent fatal tractor overturns, a leading cause of death among farmers. This content analysis aims to understand how this life-saving strategy appears in news about farm safety. Methods: As part of a larger study of farm safety news coverage from four agricultural states, we conducted a content analysis of articles that mentioned ROPS. Results: Few (10%) articles about farm safety explicitly mentioned ROPS. When ROPS were mentioned, they were described in terms of their potential to save lives or prevent injury. Conclusion: Despite proven success, ROPS-and programs to make ROPS more widely available to farmers-are all but absent from news coverage in key agricultural states. This represents a missed opportunity not only to motivate farmers to install ROPS, but also to demonstrate to policymakers the importance of establishing and maintaining funding to prevent the most frequent cause of death on farms. Farmers face barriers to installing life-saving equipment. Without an increase in ROPS utilization and improved access to prevention programs, farmers, especially low-income farmers, will remain at disproportionate risk for death and injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Content Analysis Farm Safety Fatalities Injuries Injury Prevention Media Prevention Risk Factors Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Safety Equipment Tractors

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Iowa ; Kansas ; Missouri ; Nebraska ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067624
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2023 Jul; 66(7):558-560
• Contact Point Address:
  Sarah B. Perez-Sanz, Berkeley Media Studies Group, 2130 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704
• Email:
  perez-sanz@bmsg.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Copperstown, NY
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20200801
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20240731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:263341c4e8e89313842c55a2bec61b2ac01486dc9b7efabad66496970ce227120deb8aca810fa0791a309e714536ae22b656258ae52ab34786681e8ef89a033e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231511/cdc_231511_DS1.pdf
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