ROPS DESIGN AND TESTING FOR AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS

农用拖拉机 ROPS 设计和测试

• 批准号: 6141413
• 负责人: PAUL D AYERS
• 金额: $ 13.59万
• 依托单位: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-30 至 2001-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6141413
• 关键词: agriculture; agriculture worker; injury prevention; nonbiomedical equipment; occupational hazard; occupational health /safety; safety equipment; vehicular accident

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from Investigator's Abstract) Agriculture is considered on e of the nations most hazardous occupations with an estimated death rate of 21 per 100,000 workers in 1996. Many of these fatalities are due to tractor overturns. A review of agricultural fatalities concluded that "tractor overturns (are) the leading cause of occupational traumatic death in the U.S. agricultural industry." Tractor rollover fatalities have been called an "occupational obscenity" by NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Director J. Donald Millar (NIOSH 1993). A rollover protective structure (ROPS), as described in ASAE S519, is a protective structure designed to minimize the frequency and severity of operator injury resulting form accidental tractor upset. RPS utilization has shown to have dramatic impacts in reducing fatalities during vehicle overturns. The overall objective of this project is to investigate and evaluate ROPS designs for agricultural tractors in the United States to provide operator protection on tractors and in operating conditions not currently available. The specific objectives include: developing an inventory of agricultural tractor ROPS availability (specifically for older tractors); prioritizing the agricultural tractor population for ROPS design feasibility; design, construction, and testing of ROPS for the two highest prioritized pre-ROPS tractors; conducting axle housing strength tests; conducting field upset tests on the NIOSH auto-ROPS; evaluating false deployment possibilities of the auto-ROPS; and presenting pre-ROPS tractor ROPS and auto-ROPS design and test results to commercial ROPS manufacturers for commercial construction and follow-up field testing.

描述：（改编自研究者摘要）农业是 被认为是全国最危险的职业， 1996年每10万名工人死亡21人。 其中许多死亡事件是 因为拖拉机翻车了 农业死亡审查结束 “拖拉机翻倒是职业创伤的主要原因， 美国农业的死亡。“拖拉机翻车事故 被NIOSH（国家卫生研究所）称为“职业淫秽”。 职业安全和健康）主任J.唐纳德米勒（NIOSH 1993）。 如ASAE S519中所述，倾翻保护结构（ROPS）是一种 保护性结构，旨在最大限度地减少频率和严重性 拖拉机意外翻倒导致操作员受伤。 RPS利用率 已经显示出在减少车辆行驶期间的死亡率方面具有显著的影响， 颠覆 本项目的总体目标是调查和评估ROPS 美国农业拖拉机的设计， 保护拖拉机和在目前尚不具备的操作条件下。 具体目标包括： 拖拉机ROPS可用性（特别是对于旧拖拉机）;优先级 农用拖拉机群体ROPS设计的可行性;设计， 两个优先级最高的预ROPS的ROPS施工和测试 拖拉机.进行桥壳强度试验.进行野外翻转 对NIOSH自动ROPS进行测试;评估 自动ROPS;并介绍预ROPS牵引机ROPS和自动ROPS设计， 测试结果提供给商业ROPS制造商，用于商业建筑 和后续实地测试。