Farm Tractor Safety

Authors

Larry R. Piercy, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Tractor accidents are a major contributing factor to the high fatality rates experienced in Kentucky agriculture. Despite the variety of potential hazards on farms, nearly half of all farm fatalities and one out of ten injury accidents involve tractors. The single most common factor in tractor fatalities is an overturn.

Publication Date

1988

Publication Number

AEU-26

Notes

Exact publication date unknown.

Repository Citation

Piercy, Larry R., "Farm Tractor Safety" (1988). Agricultural Engineering Extension Updates. 52.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/aeu_reports/52