Putting ROPS Research into Practice: Paving the Way for a National Program

 描述(由申请人提供)：与美国其他行业相比，农民的职业死亡率相当高。尽管这一事实本身就值得考虑，但更值得注意的是，农场最常见的死亡原因-拖拉机倾覆-有一个现成的解决方案，那就是安装翻车保护结构(ROPS)。ROPS是商业上可用的，在保护拖拉机操作员免受伤亡方面99%有效。然而，40%的美国拖拉机缺乏这项关键的安全技术。这项建议的总体目标是将有关ROPS和干预策略的丰富知识转化为一个国家计划，以果断地解决拖拉机倾覆死亡的问题。这将通过在高风险州建立基于证据的ROPS安装计划来实现，同时动员必要的利益相关者投资，以启动全国ROPS回扣计划。使用结构化、分阶段的方法评估高风险州的实施过程将提供有关如何在这些环境中保持计划保真度的有价值的信息。对动员协作、多行业方法实施国家计划的努力进行评估，将使研究人员能够确定在扩大或以州为基础或地区化的安全计划中，哪些“有效”，哪些“无效”。该项目涉及几个Nora农业、林业和渔业部门以及Nora跨部门目标。其中包括：中间目标#2.4：减少农业、林业和渔业部门的伤害，战略目标#3：通过发展伙伴关系和协作努力，将行之有效的健康和安全战略纳入农业、林业和渔业(AFF)工作场所，中间目标#3.3，使用创新和成熟的社会营销技术影响AFF工人的知识、态度和做法，行动步骤#3.3.4鼓励和促进针对高危人群的经证实的外联举措，战略目标#4：减少涉及农业生产和支助活动危害的创伤伤害和死亡的数量、比率和严重程度，中期目标#4a.2：政府机构、设备制造商和行业团体将共同努力，通过设计预防，在翻车风险较高的移动机器上增加新的ROPS技术的使用，中期目标#4.1通过使用ROPS或类似技术，将农业中拖拉机倾覆造成的死亡人数减少50%。预计还会有许多产出和成果，其中包括：产出--出版物、演示文稿/海报、调查员职业发展、数据库、网站、工具、宣传材料；中期成果--文献中的引用、技术的采用、伙伴关系、方案、R2P方法；以及最终成果--减少伤亡。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Farmers have considerably elevated rates of occupational fatality, as compared to other U.S. industries. Although this fact alone warrants consideration, it is even more remarkable to note that the most frequent cause of death on farms, tractor overturns, has a readily amenable solution, which is the installation of rollover protective structures (ROPS). ROPS are commercially available and 99% effective in protecting a tractor operator from death and injury. However, 40% of U.S. tractors lack this crucial safety technology. The over-arching objective of this proposal is to translate the wealth of knowledge about ROPS and interventional strategies into a national program that decisively addresses the issue of tractor overturn fatalities. This will be done by establishing evidence-based ROPS installation programs in high-risk states, while at the same time mobilizing the stakeholder investment necessary for launching a National ROPS Rebate Program. Evaluation of the implementation process in high-risk states using a structured, staged approach will provide valuable information on how program fidelity is maintained in these environments. Evaluation of efforts to mobilize a collaborative, multi-industry approach to national program implementation will allow researchers to identify what 'works' and what does 'not work' in expanding or state-based or regionalized safety programs. This project addresses several NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector and NORA Cross-sector goals. These include: Intermediate Goal #2.4: Reduce injuries in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Sector ,Strategic Goal #3: Move proven health and safety strategies into agricultural, forestry and fishing (AFF) workplaces through the development of partnerships and collaborative efforts, Intermediate Goal #3.3, Use innovative and proven social marketing techniques to influence knowledge, attitudes and practices of AFF workers, Action Step #3.3.4 Encourage and promote proven outreach initiatives targeted for high risk populations, Strategic Goal #4: Reduce the number, rate, and severity of traumatic injuries and deaths involving hazards of production agriculture and support activities, Intermediate Goal #4a.2: Government agencies, equipment manufacturers, and industry groups will work together in a prevention through-design effort to increase the use of new ROPS technologies on mobile machines at high risk for overturns, Intermediate Goal #4.1 Reduce the number of fatalities due to overturns of tractors in agriculture by 50% through the use of ROPS or similar technology by 2018. Numerous Outputs and Outcomes are also expected and include: Outputs-publications, presentations/posters, investigator career development, databases, website, tools, promotional materials; Intermediate Outcomes-citations in the literature, adoption of technologies, partnerships, programs, R2P methods; and End Outcomes-reductions in fatalities and injuries.