Citation

Etherton JR, Myers JR, Jensen RC, Russell JC, Braddee RW. Am. J. Public Health 1991; 81(6): 766-768.

Affiliation

Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2029052

PMCID

PMC1405160

Abstract

Analysis of 1980-1985 death certificate data for the United States indicated that an average of 369 occupational deaths per year involved agricultural machinery as the external cause of death. Out of all agricultural machine-related deaths, tractors accounted for 69 percent. Over half of these tractor-related deaths were rollovers. There is a need for public health programs to affect greater use of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on farm tractors.

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