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Overturns, run overs, entanglement, 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.
According to the Department of Labor, tractor accidents on farms cause the highest number of fatalities with tractor overturns accounting for 44 percent of all tractor fatalities. Fruit farms have the highest work injury rate among various specified agricultural operations (233 injuries per million hours of exposure). Males have a higher injury rate than females and hired workers have higher injury rates than family members. Farm surveys indicate that the injury rate is highest among children age 15 and under and adults more than 65 year of age. It has been estimated that the use of protective equipment, such as seat belts on tractors, could prevent up to 40% of all farm work injuries.
Manufacturers are continually improving the design of tractors to make them safer. However, they are unable, as yet, to build in mechanisms which recognize unsafe conditions. Tractor operators who know their machine and are aware of the hazards which may occur, are better equipped to avoid a tractor mishap. In order to mitigate tractor injuries and fatalities among the farmworkers community, AFOP will expand its suits of training topics and will develop a Tractor Safety training for workers and employers to help mitigate tractor injuries and fatalities and empower the farmworker community and its employer with valuable information to take better decision.