A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13 1994
Ag Progress Demo Will Show Importance Of Rollover Protection
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Dr. Dennis Murphy, Penn State ag
engineering professor, warns trac
tor operators not to be a ‘Tuff
Kelly.”
Tuff Kelly is the “simulated
human,” in this case a mannequin,
used to demonstrate a rollover
accident.
The Tuff Kelly will be used in a
series of tractor rollover accident
demonstrations at Ag Progress
Days next week.
A 1989 Penn* State study
showed that about 70 percent of all
tractor-related fatalities involve a
rollover. Tractor accidents caused
more than 300 deaths in the United
States in 1992, with S 3 percent
resulting from overturns, accord
ing to the National Safety Council.
Two types of demonstrations
will be shown at the west end of the
Russell E. Larson Ag Research
Center, near the sinkhole, accord
ing to Murphy. The demonstra
tions will show one rear overturn
and one side overturn.
With the aid of research associ
ate Dr. Tim Pierson, Murphy will
demonstrate a side overturn on a
field specially built with a 20-de
gree slope. Two tractors, each
about 35 horsepower, remotely
controlled, will show exactly what
happens to Tuff Kelly when a few
tons of steel pin and crush him
after overturning.
The mannequin, weighing about
110-120 pounds and dressed to
look like a common operator, will
be used to demonstrate that
Lebanon Holstein Sets Field Day
LEBANON (Lebanon
Co.) The Lebanon County
Holstein Club is to hold its annual
field day activities 7 p.m., Friday,
August 19, at the John Kline Farm,
in Myerstown.
Also, the club has announced
that it has about 45 head of Hosl
teins consigned for the club sale,
set for 7 p.m., Friday, August 26, at
the Lebanon Area Fairgrounds.
According to a club spokesman,
Jim Fair, the guest speaker for the
field day is to be Horace Backus, of
New York, cattle broker, pedigree
reader, auctioneer, and Holstein
historian. He has also run a busi
ness for years making sale
catalogs.
Also, Jim Yonker, of Red Fever
Farm in Fleetwood, Berks County,
is to be the official judge of the
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although a sloped field may look
easy to plow, operators sometimes
ignore life-threatening obstacles,
such as bumps and holes.
Many operators don’t realize
that without a rollover protection
structure (ROPS) on a tractor, a
rollover can prove deadly, as it has
so many times in the past, accord
ing to Murphy.
Three types of ROPS will be
featured during demonstrations all
three days of Ag Progress. The
types include an enclosed cab, a
fold-down ROPS, and a two-post
ROPS (retrofitted tractor rollover
structure).
Operators, without thinking of
their own safety, sometimes
remove the ROPS structure
because of clearances needed to
spray trees or because “they simp
ly don’t like the idea of using a
ROPS on their tractor,” said Mur
phy. “We want to present informa
tion to them in a way that allows
them to understand the value of a
ROPS on a tractor.”
In addition, the ROPS Learning
Center at the site will provide
important safety information and
guidelines to ensure operator safe
ty. One of those often overlooked
safety guidelines is using a seat
belt in conjunction with the ROPS.
At the demonstration, informa
tion will be provided on costs to
retrofit a tractor with a ROPS.
Also examined will be the
effects on tractor accidents of hav
ing more than one rider, and
improper hitching.
The demonstrations are sche
duled four times a day, weather
several classes of Holsteins at the
Kline’s Ramona Holsteins. Yonk
er also works as an artificial inse
mination technician for Sire Power
Inc.
Kline’s farm is located along
Ramona Road, about three miles
south of RL 422.
A pig roast is also scheduled to
be held with the field day
activities.
For more information, call Fair
at 274-9838.
The sale is to offer a mix of
milking cows and bred heifers
from quality animals ready to add
to the milking string, to those with
high pedigrees.
Sale catalogs won't be available
until August 19. the same day as
the field day. Call Dale Hoover at
867-2489.
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permitting, said Murphy, with a
demonstration also scheduled for
Wednesday evening.
According to an estimate by the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, in Sweden, where
ROPS are mandatory, 90 percent
What happens to an operator, and ways to prevent Injury from rollover accidents
like this, will be presented at Ag Progress Days.
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of operators in overturns escape
serious injury or death.
“In 1985, U.S. tractor manufac
turers began making ROPS stan
dard equipment,” said Murphy.
“Unfortunately, fewer than 20 per
cent of all tractors in Pennsylvania
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Operators can visit the learning
center to find out what kind of
ROPS they need for their tractors.
For more information, call toll
free (800) PSU-1010 until August
16.
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