Australian Leadership: Saving Lives with Crush Prevention Devices

J Agric Saf Health. 2017 Jan 26;23(1):3-7. doi: 10.13031/jash.11996.

Abstract

The burden of injury and death due to quad bike [all-terrain vehicle, or ATV] use cannot be allowed to continue unchecked, and ongoing delay in action may permit to further avoidable tragedies." -Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2016, p. 13).

Keywords: ATV related deaths; CPD; Crash prevention devices; ROPS.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Occupational / prevention & control*
  • Agriculture*
  • Australia
  • Crush Injuries / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Protective Devices*