Death Cases Related to Tractor Overturns

Abstract

R Re es su ul lt ts s: : We observed 601 death cases during this period and found that 42 (6.98 %) of them were related to tractor overturns, 92.86 % of the cases were males and 7.14% of them were females. The range of age was between 17-80 years. 19.04 % of the victims were passengers while the remaining were drivers. Most of the events (52.80 %) have occurred on the roads. In a high percentage (54.76 %) of the cases, cause of deaths was determined as chest trauma while abdomen, neck and head traumas were also observed in some cases. C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : Although tractors are the most frequently used machineries in agricultural production of Turkey, casualties of tractor overturns do not attract much attention. These casualties are not negligible and necessary agricultural engineering strategies should be implemented immediately to prevent these unexpected accidents.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Agriculture; cause of death; accidents, occupational Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Ta rım sal üre ti min önem li bir ro lü nün ol du ğu Tür ki ye' de trak tör ler, ta rım ma ki ne leri ola rak kul la nıl ma la rı nın ya nın da ile ti şim ve ta şı ma araç la rı ola rak da kul la nıl mak ta dır. Trak tör dev ril me le ri özel lik le ya pı sal ola rak den ge siz trak tör ler de devrilme önleyici yapılar (ROPS) ve ya em ni yet ke me ri bu lun ma dı ğı du rum lar da cid di so nuç la ra yol aça bil mek te dir ler. Bu tür ka za lar aynı za man da cid di öl çü de iş gü cü ve eko no mik ka yıp la ra yol açar lar. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Bu ça lış -ma da Ocak 2004-Tem muz 2009 ta rih le ri ara sın da Kas ta mo nu il mer ke zin de ad li ölüm ra por la rı, otop si ra por la rı ve ta nık ifa de tu ta nak la rı in ce le ne rek is tatis tik sel yön tem ler le de ğer len di ril di. B Bu ul l--g gu u l la ar r: : Bu dö nem de ki 601 ölüm ol gu sun dan 42'si trak tör dev ril me si ne bağ lıy dı, bun la rın %92.86'sı er kek, %7.14'ü ka dın dı. Yaş da ğı lım ara lı ğı 17-80 yıl idi. Ölen le rin %19.04'ü yol cu, ka la nı sü rü -cüy dü. Ço ğu ka za ka ra yo lu üze rin de ger çek leş miş ti (%52.80). Ol gu la rın ço ğun lu ğun da (%54.76) ölüm ne de ni gö ğüs trav ma sı iken ka rın, bo yun ve ka fa trav ma sı da ha sey rek ola rak göz len miş ti. S So o --n nu uç ç: : Trak tör ler Tür ki ye' de en yay gın kullanılan ta rım alet le ri ol ma la rı na kar şı lık trak tör dev rilme le rinden doğan kayıplara ye te rin ce il gi gösterilme mek te dir. Bu grup ta ki ka yıp lar ih mal edi le bi lir dü zey de de ğil dir ve bu ka za la rı ön le mek için ge rek li ta rım mü hen dis li ği stra te ji le ri aci len uy gu lama ya ko nul ma lı dır.A An na ah h t ta ar r K Ke e l li i m me e l le er r: : Tarım; ölüm nedeni; kazalar, iş T Tu ur rk ki iy ye e K Kl li in ni ik kl le er ri i J J M Me ed d S Sc ci i 2 20 01 11 1; ;3 31 1( (1 1) ): :1 13 33 3--4 41 1

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