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The Economic Cost of Farm Tractor Rollover Deaths in New York
Author(s) -
Kelsey Timothy W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.439
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1748-0361
pISSN - 0890-765X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1992.tb00341.x
Subject(s) - rollover (web design) , tractor , occupational safety and health , quarter (canadian coin) , agricultural economics , business , environmental health , socioeconomics , agricultural science , medicine , engineering , economics , geography , environmental science , archaeology , pathology , world wide web , computer science , automotive engineering
Farm tractor rollovers account for one quarter of all fatal farm injuries, but their economic impact has not been studied previously. This study surveyed surviving family members of people killed between 1985 and 1987 in New York farm tractor rollovers and found the average expected income lost by each death was $243,615 (response rate=46%, N=12). Fatal farm tractor rollovers may cost New York more than $2 million a year in lost income. Nonfarmers account for 33 percent of these rollover deaths. These nonfarmers were not on a farm and were not doing farm work at the time of the fatal injury. Policy responses to the dangers of farm tractors should consider the risks to nonfarmers and should be cognizant of the costs that could be averted.