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Abstract
To prevent tractor injuries:
- All tractors should be equipped with a Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) and a seat belt.
- Tractors should be equipped with front-end counterweights and tractor wheels
- should be weighted to increase stability.
- Community farm safety training with safe operating procedures and hazard identification should be offered to novice or limited- experience operators.
Document Type
Alert
Publication Date
3-2004
Repository Citation
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, "Fatal Tractor Overturns: Don't Let Them Roll over You!" (2004). Kentucky Haz Alerts--Tractors/Logging. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/face_tractors_alerts/2
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Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Haz Alert, v. 3, issue 1.