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Élaboration D'Un Modèle De Prédiction Des Contraintes In Situ Dans Le Nord-Ouest Québécois, Robert Corthésy, Maria Helena Leite, Denis E. Gill

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Farmer Crushed When Run Over By Tractor And Disc, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 75-year-old farmer was killed when he was run over by a tractor and disc attachment. The farmer attempted to start the engine on a tractor while he stood on the ground beside it, a practice which was not unusual for him. The transmission had been left in gear and when the ignition was started the tractor lurched forward knocking the victim to the ground. The tractor continued to move forward, running over the victim. His wife went to search for him when she realized he had been gone from the house for quite some time. She found him in …

Ajustement Des Valeurs D'Exposition Admissibles Pour Des Horaires De Travail Non Conventionnels. Annexe 1 : Contribution De La Modélisation Toxicocinétique, Sylvain Laparé, Robert Tardif, Jules Brodeur

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Ajustement Des Valeurs D'Exposition Admissibles Pour Des Horaires De Travail Non Conventionnels. Annexe 2 : Fiches D'Ajustement Des Substances Du Règlement Sur La Qualité Du Milieu De Travail (F À Z), Jules Brodeur, Adolf Vyskocil, Robert Tardif, Guy Perrault, Daniel Drolet, Ginette Truchon, François Lemay

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Ajustement Des Valeurs D'Exposition Admissibles Pour Des Horaires De Travail Non Conventionnels. Annexe 2 : Fiches D'Ajustement Des Substances Du Règlement Sur La Qualité Du Milieu De Travail (A À E), Jules Brodeur, Adolf Vyskocil, Robert Tardif, Guy Perrault, Daniel Drolet, Ginette Truchon, François Lemay

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Identification Des Outils Requis Pour Accroître L'Efficacité Des Stratégies De Prévention Des Lésions Attribuables Au Travail Répétitif Dans Les Abattoirs Et Usines De Transformation Du Secteur Avicole, Jean-Guy Richard

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Prévention Des Troubles Musculosquelettiques Associés À La Bureautique : Analyse Des Besoins Et Portrait De La Formation Et De L'Information, Cécile Collinge, Ronald Landry

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Répertoire Des Techniques Et Technologies De Contrôle Des Émissions Des Moteurs Diesels En Milieu Minier, Michel Grenier, Mahe Gangal, Stephen Hardcastle, Don Danty

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Contaminants Biologiques Dans Les Centres De Traitement Des Eaux Usées, Jacques Lavoie, Geneviève Marchand, Carole Pépin, Yves Beaudet, Guillaume Lachapelle

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Dispositifs D'Ancrage De Camions : Recueil D'Informations Techniques, René Benoit, Marcel Bélanger

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Étude Sur La « Grimpabilité » Des Poteaux De Bois Dans Le Cadre De L'Entente Conjointe Hydro-Québec Et Bell Canada, Yves Beauchamp, Marc Thomas, Jean Arteau, Denis Marchand

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Évaluation De L'Efficacité De Protecteurs Auditifs De Type Casques Aux Bruits Impulsionnels D'Armes À Feu, Jean-Luc Wojtowicki, Jean Nicolas

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Rear Tractor Rollover Kills Farmer, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 67-year-old male farmer (the victim) died when the tractor he was operating flipped over backward, pinning him between it and another tractor. He and his 13-year-old grandson had been working with a tractor and rotary mower, but got stuck in the mud of a creek bed; approximately one-third of the rear tractor tires were buried in mud. He had gotten a second tractor, attached a chain from the rear of it to the front of the first tractor, and had just begun to try and pull the tractor out when the incident occurred. From evidence at the scene it …

Tractor/Baler Operator Killed In Entanglement, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

An 80-year-old full-time farmer died after being caught under a baler. The victim worked closely with his son on the 300-acre farm. He was working alone, driving a tractor with a baler attached, in an 8-acre field during a midafternoon in May. Having completed a portion of the field in the morning, the victim returned to the field after lunch to complete the task. Rain was forecast and the remainder of the field would take 4-5 hours to complete. The victim's son went to a nearby town to pick up parts for the round baler while the victim used a …

Logger Killed When Struck By Tree Limb During Hauling, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 52-year-old male was killed on a logging site when a tree limb struck him in the back of the head. He had no previous logging experience and had been working with his friend who was a full-time logger for six days when the fatal incident occurred. The two men were working alone on the logging site and it was about 5:30 pm when they chained a load of three logs to the bulldozer to be dragged downhill to be loaded on a truck. A branch that was about 8 feet long and 4-5 inches in diameter stuck out of …

Farmer Killed When Tractor Slides Over Embankment While Mowing, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 56-year-old part-time farmer was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned while mowing. Using a rotary mower attached to the John Deere 1520 tractor, the farmer mowed an area near the roadway that had a gradual downward slope. The tractor was not equipped with a Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) or seatbelt. After mowing two rows, he made a left turn to begin the third pass when the back tire began to slip in the moist soil underneath the grass. Due to the momentum and weight of the tractor and attachment, the farmer was unable to stop the vehicle. …

!!Tractor Hazard Alert!!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Tractors/Logging

Since January, at least six Kentucky farmers have been killed in tractor rollovers in which terrain changes caused by recent heavy rainfalls were a factor. In addition to mud and wet, slick grass, the rain created marshy areas and holes where none had been before; often these places are invisible due to weeds and tall grass.

Effets De L'Horaire Rotatif De 12 Heures Sur La Santé Et La Sécurité Des Opérateurs D'Une Raffinerie De Produits Pétroliers. Phase 1 : Enquête, Diagnostic, Pistes De Réflexion Pour Des Aménagements : Tableaux De Données Et Analyses Intermédiaires, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Yvon Quéinnec, Denise Granger, Raymond Baril, Serge Guertin, Paul Massicotte

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Bulldozer Operator Killed In Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

A 56-year-old bulldozer operator was killed while clearing land on a steep hillside. He was self-employed and used the John Deere 450C bulldozer that he owned for logging on his own property, as well as doing work for others when needed. He owned mountain property near his home and he used the bulldozer to clear a series of paths in the hills for logging. At approximately 8 pm on the day of the incident, he was using the bulldozer to clear a path leading downhill where he planned to put a sawmill. As he was grading, he backed the bulldozer …

Détermination Des Caractéristiques À Considérer D'Un Point De Vue De Santé Et Sécurité Des Travailleurs Dans Les Centres De Compostage Des Déchets Domestiques, Jacques Lavoie, Geneviève Marchand

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Échafaudages Pour La Construction De Bâtiments De Quatre Étages Ou Moins : Analyse Du Travail Avec Les Équipements Existants Et Étude De Leur Sécurité, Daniel Imbeau

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Essais En Vibration De Sièges Pour Autobus Urbains. Phase 1 : Évaluation Du Siège Recaro Cl-1, Paul-Émile Boileau, Subhash Rakheja

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Essais En Vibration De Sièges Pour Autobus Urbains. Phase 2 : Évaluation De Sièges Candidats, Paul-Émile Boileau, Subhash Rakheja

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Farmer Killed When Tractor Overturns On Embankment, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 44-year-old cattle farmer was killed when the tricycle tractor he was operating overturned. As was his usual practice, the victim had backed the tractor out of the shed near his home, turned to the right and was driving forward, down the embankment to the road which led to the highway. His cattle barn and pasture were located a short distance from his house (1-2 miles), and he regularly drove the tractor there to tend the cattle. On this day, however, the tractor flipped as he came over the embankment, rolling onto the victim. He died at the scene. In …

Farmer Killed When Tractor Turns Over, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 56-year-old farmer was killed when the tricycle tractor he was operating on a hillside overturned. He had been going up and down the hill to bring loads of dirt in the tractor's front-end loader in order to bury a calf. The hillside was relatively steep, and the ground was wet from recent rains. As he attempted to turn with the loader filled and raised, the tractor rolled over several times, crushing the victim. He died at the scene. In order to prevent similar incidents, the FACE investigator recommends:

• Older tractors should be retrofitted with rollover protective structures (ROPS) and …

Sawmill Worker Killed By Circular Saw, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

A 32-year-old laborer (the victim) at a sawmill died as a result of injuries received when he lost his balance and fell onto the log carriage directly in front of the 56-inch circular saw. He had been using a cane hook to turn the logs for repeated passes through the saw. After hooking a log, he somehow lost his balance and fell backward onto the carriage; the saw cut him from his shoulders through his midsection. A co-worker (the sawyer) was present, but had been facing another direction and did not see the victim fall. When the sawyer turned around …

Logger Killed During Tree Felling, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 61-year-old male logger was killed when he was hit by the tree he was felling. On the day of the incident, he was working on a steep mountainside with his son and another logger. At approximately 10 am, the victim was felling a tree approximately 14 inches in diameter. As viewed from the bottom of the hill, a small tree about 6 inches in diameter stood about 6 feet to the right of the tree that was being felled. Lying on the ground directly behind those two vertical trees was a log 4-5 inches in diameter; it lay perpendicular …

Ua66/14/4 Kentucky Partnership Newsletter, Vol. Iv, No. 2, Kentucky Partnership For Farm Family Health & Safety

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Newsletter created by and about the Kentucky Partnership for Farm Family Health & Safety.

Conception D'Un Étançonnement Adapté Au Milieu Urbain : Phase 1, André Lan, Jean Arteau, Martin Tremblay, Serge Gamelin, Jean-Marc Dugré

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Farmer Killed On Tractor During Logging Operations, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 21-year-old male was killed when he and his 19-year-old brother were engaged in logging activities their grandparents' farmland. They both had grown up helping with the family farm and for the last two years their primary source of income was cutting trees on the land to sell for firewood. After cutting down the trees, the normal routine was for the younger brother to operate the tractor to pull the trees to a clearing where they would be cut into pieces. Although the victim had experience operating tractors, he had never performed that particular task. Because there was no drawbar …