Preventing tractor rollover fatalities: Performance of the NIOSH AutoROPS

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Powers, John R ^a   Harris, J R ^a   Etherton, J R ^a   Ronaghi, M ^a   Snyder, K A ^a   Lutz, T J ^a   Newbraugh, B H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational injury; Overturn; Rollover protective structures (ROPS); Tractor safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035459603     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.suppl_1.i54     Document Type: Article

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