Simplified overturn stability monitoring of agricultural tractors

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-108

  Nichol, Corrie Ian ^a   Sommer III, Henry Joseph ^a   Murphy, Dennis J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Agricultural tractor; Tractor operator education; Tractor overturn; Tractor rollover

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; DISPLAY DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SENSORS; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

TRACTOR OPERATOR EDUCATION; TRACTOR OVERTURN; TRACTOR ROLLOVER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY;

EID: 14644412962     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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