Factors associated with quad bike loss of control events in agriculture

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-321

  Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   McBride, David I ^a   Bagheri, Nasser ^a   Vasiljev, Radivoj M ^b   Carman, Allan B ^a   Rehn, Borje ^c   Moore, Dave ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Consultant Biomechanist ^*  (Serbia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; ATV; Injury; Loss of control event; Quad bikes; Risk

Indexed keywords

ATV; BODY MASS; DRIVING EXPOSURES; DRIVING FACTORS; DRIVING SPEED; INJURY; LOSS OF CONTROL; LOSS OF CONTROL EVENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NEW ZEALAND; QUAD BIKES; RURAL COMMUNITY; VEHICLE SPEED; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; FARMS; LANDFORMS;

BICYCLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LOSS OF CONTROL EVENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 79953312032     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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