1 Tractor Rollovers and Run Overs Can you prevent one on your farm?

2 Outline Background Research Are accidents “accidental?” Accident/incident analysis Case studies Assess your knowledge base Assess your personal risk profile

3 Background Tractor rollovers and run overs: Are not common accidents. Have a high potential for causing death or disabling injury when they do occur. Prevention efforts have a high “pay back” value.

4 Research The Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program (CAISP) reports that tractor rollovers and run overs result in: 30 deaths 75 hospitalized injuries on Canadian farms on average, every year.

5 Are accidents “accidental”? Accidents viewed as: –“freak events” –result of “carelessness” Research has shown that accidents: –have identifiable risk factors –are predictable –are preventable Terminology change: –“incidents”

6 Accident/incident analysis Immediate cause Possible contributing factors –Human –Mechanical –Environmental Basic, “systemic” cause What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

7 Case studies Modeled on tractor fatalities that occurred on Canadian farms from 1990 – Basic circumstances of an actual incident are depicted. Name of victim, date and location of incident, tractor make/model are fictitious.

8 Case study 1 Orville, age 69 Died October 4, 1990 Incident: Ground-starting tractor, run over, crushed.

9 Case study 1: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

10 Case study 2 Marc, age 18 Died August 28, 1995 Incident: Towing heavy load downhill lost control of tractor, sideways rollover, crushed.

11 Case study 2: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

12 Case study 3 George, age 49 Died September 28, 1996 Incident: Fell off tractor, run over.

13 Case study 3: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

14 Case study 4 Carl, age 3 Died June 25, 1993 Incident: Blind runover by lawn tractor.

15 Case study 4: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

16 Case study 5 Gerry, age 53 Died July 15, 1992 Incident: Knocked off tractor by a tree branch, run over.

17 Case study 5: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

18 Case study 6 Luis, age 25 Died April 30, 1994 Incident: Sideways tractor rollover off ramp, crushed.

19 Case study 6: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

20 Case study 7 Donna, age 38 Died March 28, 1994 Incident: Front end loader imbalance, backward tractor rollover, drowned.

21 Case study 7: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

22 Case study 8 Gilles, age 12 Died April 5, 1991 Incident: Using tractor to tow out stuck vehicle, backward rollover, crushed.

23 Case study 8: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

24 Case study 9 Ashley, age 5 Died May 23, 1992 Incident: Extra rider fell from tractor cab, run over.

25 Case study 9: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

26 Case study 10 Don, age 31 Died May 4, 1995 Incident: Dismounted running tractor, run over.

27 Case study 10: Incident analysis What was the immediate cause of the incident? What were possible contributing factors? What one thing could prevent a similar incident?

28 Overall quiz score With each case study, you tested your knowledge about safe tractor operation by answering quiz questions. Now add up your scores for the ten quizzes for an overall quiz score.

29 Personal Risk Profile Determining factors: –Knowledge (quiz score) –Sex, age –Province of residence –Tractor operation hours/year –Condition of tractor –Condition of operator –Work practices –Safety perceptions

30 Personal Risk Profile Scoring 85 – 100%RISK: LOW “Stay alert and keep up the good work” 70 – 84%RISK: LOWER THAN AVERAGE, BUT CAN BE IMPROVED “Can you afford to risk your life or the life of someone else?” 50 – 69%RISK: SIGNIFICANT “You are taking a gamble with your life or the life of someone else.” < 50%RISK: HIGH “You are endangering your life or the life of someone else.”

31 Conclusion It takes more than luck to prevent a tractor rollover or run over. But you can do it!

32 Program Partners Centre for Agricultural Medicine University of Saskatchewan Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Canadian Coalition for Agricultural Safety and Rural Health