Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery (한국농업기계학회)
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Survey Analysis of the Farm Machinery Accidents

  • Shin S. Y. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, RDA) ;
  • Kim B. G. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, RDA) ;
  • Yun J. H. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, RDA) ;
  • Lee Y. B. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, RDA)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

A review of accidents involving farm machinery, which occurred in Korea during 2002, shows that $90.7\%$ of farm-work accidents and $9.3\%$ of traffic accidents were linked to agricultural machinery. The frequency of accidents per annum amounts to 72.2 out of 10,000 vehicles, $94.4\%$ of which relates to tillers and tractors. An analysis of the causes of the accidents revealed that $49.1\%$ of farm-work accidents were due to the tiller driver's fault or error. In the case of traffic accidents, $83\%$ of farm machinery mishaps were found to be due to violation of traffic regulations while $60.4\%$ of the farm machinery damage resulted from faulty driving or lack of safe driving practices. The average casualty count of farm machinery-related accidents is 1.39 persons per case, which consist of 0.07 deaths, 0.74 serious injuries, and 0.58 slight injuries.

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