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Tractor safety’s
in your hands
It is important to recognize that a farm tractor, as an
inanimate source of power, can only cause injury or
death when manipulated by a human operator.
Rollovers account for more than half of fatal tractor
accidents, and are responsible for many disabling
injuries and considerable property damage. Chief
causes of rollovers include: driving too fast for
conditions; striking surface irregularities, such as
rocks; running into ditches; hitching high for extra
traction; driving on steep slopes; improper operation
of front-end loaders. Large round bales and other
overweight loads greatly increase overturn potential.
Many fatalities, many of them children are the result
of riders falling from moving tractors.
Entanglement in rotating power-take-off (PTO) shafts
which are often inadequate or non-existent is a major
cause of tractor-related deaths and serious Injuries.
Other mishaps involving tractors include: collisions
with motor vehicles or roadside objects; falls while
mounting or dismounting; running over bystanders;
striking overhead hazards; being struck by flying
objects, broken parts, or hydraulic fluid; being crushed
when a poorly supported tractor falls during repair
work; cuts, bruises, burns, and other painful injuries
associated with maintenance and routine operation;
being overcome by exhaust gases inside closed
buildings; being crushed between a tractor and
equipment during hitching or unhitching; being burned
by fires that erupt during refuelling or as a result of
collision or upset.
Most tractor accidents can be attributed to operator
error. Every tractor user should be thoroughly familiar
with the particular machine he/she Is operating, and
understand the general principles of tractor safety.
Accident prevention starts with knowledge. Tractor
operators must understand the various hazards that
may be encountered. They must know how their
machine operates, and how to maintain it in top
running condition.
Skill in tractor operation is developed only through
countless hours behind the wheel.
However, an experienced operator can have a
serious accident, too.
Familiarity can lead to carelessness, and a seasoned
tractor driver may push too hard to beat the weather or
the clock. All tractor operators must be alert and
devote all of their attention to the task at hand.
For more information contact the Farm Safety
Association’s Guelph office.
Tractor Safety
Back to the basics
The tractor continues to be the number one killer on
Ontario farms. From 1977 through 1992, 288 people
died while using tractors in the course of doing farm
work. This represents almost half (48 percent) of all
farming-related fatalities in Ontario.
Sideways and rear rollovers accounted for 167 of
these deaths. Other tractor-related fatalities resulted
from bystanders and passengers being run over,
falling from tractors, being crushed, or getting caught
in the power take-off. A number of deaths occurred
when farm tractors collided with other vehicles on the
road.
We need to get back to the basics of tractor safety.
That’s why the Farm Safety Association chose
Tractor Safety as its 1994 theme. The carnage must
stop! The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
has provided funding to help the Association promote
tractor safety to its members and the total agricultural
community. The projects will include production of
various pieces of tractor safety literature, a display
program, and a new tractor safety video.
We hope that this intensive tractor safety program
will help reduce the number of tractor-related deaths
on Ontario farms.
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