Reducing the risk of work‐related death and injury to machine operators and maintenance
personnel poses a continuing occupational safety challenge. The risk of injury from …

Analysis of 1980-1985 death certificate data for the United States indicated that an average
of 369 occupational deaths per year involved agricultural machinery as the external cause of …

Approximately 132 agricultural tractor overturn fatalities occur per year. The use of rollover
protective structures (ROPS), along with seat belts, is the best known method for preventing …

In the US, approximately 132 agricultural tractor overturn fatalities occur per year. The use of
rollover protective structures (ROPS), along with seat belts, is the best-known method for …

Workers who operate and maintain machinery suffere about 18,000 amputations and 843
fatalities annually. These machine-related injuries have excellent potential for eradication if …

The goal of this research was to explore the feasibility of fabricating a fixed-structure ROPS
(rollover protective structure) for farm tractors from an FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) …

Even with the technological advances of the last several decades, agricultural production
remains one of the most hazardous occupations in the United States. Death due to tractor …

OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS Computers with dual monitor screens are being
increasingly used at many workplaces. Altered screen layout and increased viewing space …

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-596) states that the purpose
of Congress expressed in the Act is" to assure so far as possible every working man and …

The automatically deployable ROPS was developed as part of an innovative project to
providepassive protection against overturn fatality to operators of new tractors used in …