Engineering control technologies to protect operators in agricultural all-terrain vehicle rollovers.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ayers PD ; Khorsandi F ; Myers, Melvin L. ; Oesch S ; White DJ
• Description:
  All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are the second most common source of injury, following tractors, in U.S. agriculture. Rollovers are the leading cause of death in farm ATV incidents, constituting about 85% of ATV-related deaths. There is neither a significant practical solution for ATV rollover crashes in the U.S. nor standards and rules for implementing such a solution. Behavior-based control methods have been used for several decades but have reached their limit of success. Hence, engineering controls are needed to significantly decrease the severity of injuries in ATV rollover incidents (as in tractor incidents). In this study, engineering technologies to protect the operator in agricultural ATV crashes were reviewed. The discussion includes improving crash testing and stability ratings, evaluating static stability of ATVs, dynamic handling tests of ATVs, using automatic systems to notify first responders of a crash, and testing and applying operator protection devices. The available standards, rules, and recommendations related to these technologies around the world are also discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Engineering Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Agriculture; All-terrain Vehicle; ATV; CPD; Crush Protection Device; OPD; Quad Bike; Safety Engineering Controls; Equipment Operators; Agricultural Machinery; Agriculture; Rollover Protective Structures; ROPS; Control Technology; Vehicle Safety;
• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Georgia ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  177-201
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065560
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2021 Jul; 27(3):177-201
• Contact Point Address:
  Farzaneh Khorsandi, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA
• Email:
  fkhorsandi@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:09cbf698da8864ac442e51f97f51f4b5346ee0e5fc9ca1e2723cbd997641b94fca035930222f299255122ad8e02b2a05ed2e3467bfb948ddadb72b51cac2db83
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249477/cdc_249477_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.27 MB ]