Rollover Protective Structures, Worker Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness

New York, 2011–2017

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ID11035781
AutoresMelvin Myers (Melvin Myers is with the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Florida, Gainesville. Timothy Kelsey is with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park. Pam Tinc and Julie Sorensen are with the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY. Paul Jenkins is with the Statistics and Computing...), Melvin L Myers (0000-0002-8577-4915, Bassett Healthcare Network), Timothy W Kelsey (Bassett Healthcare Network), Timothy Kelsey (Melvin Myers is with the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Florida, Gainesville. Timothy Kelsey is with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park. Pam Tinc and Julie Sorensen are with the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY. Paul Jenkins is with the Statistics and Computing...), Pam Tinc (0000-0002-1287-806X, Melvin Myers is with the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Florida, Gainesville. Timothy Kelsey is with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park. Pam Tinc and Julie Sorensen are with the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY. Paul Jenkins is with the Statistics and Computing...), Julie A Sorensen (0000-0002-8787-3837, Bassett Healthcare Network), Julie Sorensen (Melvin Myers is with the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Florida, Gainesville. Timothy Kelsey is with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park. Pam Tinc and Julie Sorensen are with the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY. Paul Jenkins is with the Statistics and Computing...), Paul Jenkins (0000-0002-8657-3605, Melvin Myers is with the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, University of Florida, Gainesville. Timothy Kelsey is with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park. Pam Tinc and Julie Sorensen are with the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY. Paul Jenkins is with the Statistics and Computing...)
Año2018
Volumen108
Número11
Páginas1517-1522
Fecha de publicación2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304644
PMID30252530
OpenAlexW2893283596
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas25

Objectives. To measure cost-effectiveness of an intervention to increase retrofitting of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on tractors. Methods. Tractor overturns are the leading cause of farm fatalities. ROPS prevent these deaths. This study updates a 2011 cost-effectiveness assessment of a New York State intervention to increase use of ROPS. We subtracted intervention cost from the cost of injuries averted, then divided this figure by the number of averted injuries. We used related probabilities and costs of fatalities and injuries from published literature to calculate the program’s cost-effectiveness. Results. The total cost of the injuries averted from 2007 to 2017 was $6 018 742 versus a total program cost of $1 776 608. The one-time retrofit costs will continue to prevent injuries as long as the tractors are used, generating additional (projected) future savings of $12 136 512, $15 781 027, and $18 924 818 if retrofitted tractors remain in operation 15, 20, or 25 years after their retrofit. Conclusions. Social marketing was cost-effective for reducing injuries from tractor overturns. Public Health Implications. These results indicate that the intervention model is effective from both a public health and economic standpoint and should be expanded into other states

Business · Cost effectiveness · Cost–benefit analysis · Economic cost · Economics · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Intervention (counseling) · Occupational safety and health · Operations management · Poison control · Political science · Public health · Retrofitting · Rollover (web design) · Tractor · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Computer Science · Engineering · Forest Biomass Utilization and Management · Medicine · Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics