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Cost-effectiveness of roll-over protective structures.

Regina Pana-Cryan1, Melvin L Myers

  • 1Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 200 Independence Ave., SW, MS P-12, Washington, DC 20201, USA. RPana-Cryan@cdc.gov

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
|September 5, 2002
PubMed
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Installing roll-over protective structures (ROPS) on tractors significantly reduces fatalities and injuries from overturns. This safety intervention is cost-effective, preventing thousands of injuries and deaths in agricultural settings.

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Area of Science:

  • Agricultural Safety
  • Injury Prevention
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Agricultural tractor overturns cause over one-third of US production agriculture fatalities.
  • Approximately 1.2 million tractors in the US were retrofittable in 1997.
  • Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) are proven safety devices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the health outcomes of installing ROPS on retrofittable tractors.
  • To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of ROPS installation.
  • To compare ROPS installation versus no intervention.

Main Methods:

  • Decision analysis to compare health outcomes.
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis to assess costs and benefits.
  • Analysis focused on retrofittable tractors.

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Main Results:

  • Installing ROPS would prevent 1,176 fatalities and 957 nonfatal injuries.
  • No intervention would result in 1,450 fatalities and 1,806 nonfatal injuries.
  • The cost of ROPS installation is $489,373 per injury prevented.

Conclusions:

  • ROPS installation can reduce tractor overturn fatalities by over 80% and nonfatal injuries by about 53%.
  • The cost per injury prevented is comparable to other injury-prevention strategies.
  • ROPS also mitigate risks from falling off tractors and collisions with motor vehicles.