Agricultural Tractor Roll-Over Related Fatalities in Italy: Results from a 12 Years Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Type of Overturning
1.2. Drivers and Job Characteristics
1.3. Problems with Accident Statistics
1.4. Situation in Italy
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Strengths of the Study
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- maximum timeliness in the monitoring of the accidents;
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- a reduced commitment of resources;
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- an acceptable approximation.
2.2. Limitations of the Study
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- the obtained statistics show values that could not completely reflect reality. For example, some fatal events could be missed, because the tractor overturning causes at a first step serious injuries to the driver, and only after a period of time, the involved person dies, but the news is no longer reported;
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- it cannot be systematic, as the details level of the reported events should be not completely congruent. For example, the working position of the victims (professional or non-professionals) is not usually reported;
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- it may sometimes suffer from the press inaccuracies.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Results
3.2. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Data | Detail |
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Date | Year, month, and day |
Site | Region, province, and municipality |
Driver | Gender, age, and nationality |
Passenger | Number |
Activity | Field task and road transfer |
Tractor characteristics | Wheeled and crawler |
ROPS type | Cab, 4-pillar frame, 2-pillar frame, etc. |
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Facchinetti, D.; Santoro, S.; Galli, L.E.; Pessina, D. Agricultural Tractor Roll-Over Related Fatalities in Italy: Results from a 12 Years Analysis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084536
Facchinetti D, Santoro S, Galli LE, Pessina D. Agricultural Tractor Roll-Over Related Fatalities in Italy: Results from a 12 Years Analysis. Sustainability. 2021; 13(8):4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084536
Chicago/Turabian StyleFacchinetti, Davide, Stefano Santoro, Lavinia Eleonora Galli, and Domenico Pessina. 2021. "Agricultural Tractor Roll-Over Related Fatalities in Italy: Results from a 12 Years Analysis" Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084536