NEW National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative Website, http://depts.washington.edu/trsafety/

2006 Tractor Projects Press Release (pdf)

2005 Preparing to Prevent Tractor Injuries and Fatalities with a National Tractor Safety Initiative (pdf)
Poster content presentated during the 2005 NIFS Conference
Swenson, et al.

2004 National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative (5.6MB pdf)
Overturns, runovers, entanglements, and highway collisions involving agricultural tractors kill approximately 250 people a year and are by far the leading cause of death and serious injury in agriculture. Overturns consistently account for more than half this total, despite the fact that a simple solution is available and has been for years. Evidence from Europe and elsewhere shows that overturn deaths and serious injuries are virtually eliminated when rollover protective structures (ROPS) are installed on all tractors.

This document calls for a well-coordinated, sufficiently funded, national initiative to significantly reduce agricultural tractor-related injuries and fatalities in America. The Regional (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Agricultural Centers and the NIOSH-funded National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety have spearheaded this campaign, directed by a lead center chosen from the existing centers.

Key Recommendations:

• Establish a range of incentives to retire older tractors or retrofit them with ROPS.
• Increase the use and maintenance of preventive and protective technologies.
• Mount a social marketing campaign aimed at safer tractor use.
• Build private and public sector (especially legislative) support for the initiative.

2004 Keystone Conference Presentations:

Keystone Audience Response (112KB pdf)

Agricultural Tractor Safety: Perspective, History, Data (3.5MB pdf)
Murray Madsen, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health

Sowing the Seeds of Safety Reducing Tractor Incidents through Marketing (632KB adapted pdf) Max Lum and Melissa Van Orman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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