Instructions: These quiz cards turn Q: The slow-moving vehicle the tractor safety quiz into a practice emblem is to be displayed on quiz activity for two or more people. farm equipment and all other vehicles designed to travel at • Print the document and cut each speeds of 25 mph or less. What piece of paper along the dotted should you do if you approach lines. Each page will create four farm equipment or a vehicle quiz cards. displaying this emblem?
• Once the cards are cut out, one person reads each card one at a a) Proceed as normal. time, providing the question and possible answers. b) Proceed with caution and be prepared to stop. • Participants guess the answer, then the presenter announces the c) Proceed until you are within 50 correct answer. feet of the vehicle/equipment, then stop.
Q: True or false? Q: When driving tractors and The slow-moving vehicle equipment on roads, what should emblem is only to be displayed you do to ensure your safety? on tractors? a) Display the slow-moving a) True vehicle sign. b) False b) Use escort vehicles.
c) Drive with the rollover Extra info: protective structure down so The slow-moving vehicle emblem is you can jump away in the event to be displayed on farm equipment of a crash. and all other vehicles designed to travel at speeds of 25 mph or less. d) Both a and b
Extra info: Using a rear escort vehicle is a best practice that can save your life. Q: What does ROPS stand for? Q: When should you fasten your seat belt on a tractor? a) Rangeland Occupation Protection System a) If it has rollover protection. b) Recovery operation program b) If it does not have status rollover protection. c) Rollover protective structure
Extra info: You should always have a ROPS in place and wear a seatbelt, unless you qualify for a rollover protection exemption and cannot complete your work with the ROPS in place.
Q: Why would you not want to Q: Why should you fasten your seat fasten your seat belt if you do belt if you have rollover protection? not have rollover protection? a) Because you should always a) In the event of a rollover, fasten your seat belt on a you need to jump away from tractor. the tractor so that you are not crushed. b) So you remain in your seat and within the protective structure. b) If you are in a collision, the seatbelt can pull across your lap, cutting off circulation to your legs. Extra info: If a tractor has a ROPS, you are protected if the tractor Extra info: You should always have a rolls over, but you must fasten your ROPS in place and wear a seatbelt, seatbelt so you remain in your unless you qualify for a rollover seat. This ensures that you stay in protection exemption and cannot the protection system and are not complete your work with the ROPS crushed. in place. Q: True or false? Q: If you are driving a tractor out Making sharp turns at high to a field and another worker speeds, especially on a sloped hops on the steps for a ride, surface, can be very dangerous what should you do? and cause an overturn. a) Give them a ride. a) True b) Stomp on the brakes and knock them off. b) False c) Carefully stop and ask them to get off.
Extra info: A high percentage of tractor deaths and injuries are due to tractor run-overs. Standing on the steps increases chances of this occurring.
Q: True or false? Q: True or false? When you get off a tractor you Many kinds of agricultural should leave it running. equipment expose workers to noise above safe levels, which can lead to hearing loss. a) True b) False a) True
b) False
Extra info: The best practice is to turn off the engine and set the parking brake. Q: True or false? Q: What is a PTO? Listening to earphones or earbuds is not only unsafe when operating a tractor, it can a) Power take-off shaft also lead to hearing loss if you listen to the music too loudly. b) Post-trainee operator
c) Power tool operator a) True b) False
Q: Why do power take-off shafts Q: Do power take-off shafts have need to be guarded? to be guarded? a) To protect the shaft from being a) Yes, guarding is required. damaged by the implement when turning b) Only if you are working by them b) They can instantly entangle c) No clothing, jewelry, limbs, or hair. c) To keep the shaft from getting wet or dirty Q: When hitching to a tractor, what Q: When refueling your tractor, you should you hitch to? should always: a) The PTO master guard a) Shut off the engine. b) Hitch points and/or an b) Let the engine cool off. approved drawbar c) Refuel outdoors or in areas c) Axle and/or high point with good ventilation.
d) All of the above
Q: True or false? Q: True or false? Tractor overturns are the Proper training, a safe attitude, leading cause of tractor-related and safe behavior can prevent deaths. almost all tractor-related accidents. a) True a) True b) False b) False Q: Why should you clean the steps Q: When operating an open-cab on a tractor platform? tractor, you should wear the following protective equipment: a) To help prevent slip/fall injuries a) Ear plugs or muffs and safety glasses b) So your tractor looks great b) Music players/headsets to c) So your co-workers can safely drown out the tractor noise ride on them c) Regular sunglasses to keep glare down
Q: Approximately how many Q: Which of these accounts deaths occur each year for more than half of from overturns, run-overs, tractor-related deaths: entanglements, and highway collisions involving agricultural tractors? a) Overturns
b) Run-overs a) 100 c) Entanglements b) 50 d) Highway collisions c) 250 Q: Studies have shown that a Q: What are the leading causes of structure installed on tractors agriculture fatalities, according can virtually eliminate deaths to the National Safety Council? from overturns or rollovers. What is this structure called? a) Tractors a) ROPS (rollover protective b) Non-tractor machines structure) c) Confined spaces b) PTO (Power take-off) d) Livestock c) Loader Bucket e) Electrocution
f) All of the above
Q: Run-overs occur when Q: Bystanders are often run over operators fall from moving by tractors when they are: tractors and are crushed under the tractor or attached equipment, or when operators a) Hand hoeing are run over while standing on the ground. b) Standing by trees
Approximately how many c) Not seen by the operator deaths occur each year from run-overs? a) 15 b) 50 c) 60 Q: Tractor collisions with motor Q: True or false? vehicles or trains account for Tractor collisions often result approximately how many tractor when vehicles attempt to pass operator deaths each year? the tractor while it is turning. a) 50 a) True b) 20 b) False c) 10
Q: True or false? Q: When driving a tractor on Tractor collisions often result the road, should you use an when vehicles round a turn and escort vehicle? cannot stop in time.
a) No, they distract divers and a) True clutter the area. b) False b) Yes, using a rear escort vehicle is a best practice that can save your life.
Q: What is the leading cause of Q: What precautions should you take fatal injuries to farmworkers when working around hydraulic under 20 years of age? systems?
a) Wear safety glasses and sturdy a) Machinery/tractors gloves when checking the system. b) Shut off the engine before servicing. b) Livestock c) Lower the implement and support with a block. c) Bee stings d) Depressurize the system and check for leaks in the line. e) All of the above
Extra info: Do NOT use your hand or other body part when checking for leaks in the line. Instead use a piece of cardboard, or hydraulic leak detection fluid. Even a pinhole leak can lead to death or amputation.
Q: What should you do if you see Q: What type of clothing should be that a guard is missing on a worn when driving a tractor? rotating object such as a power take-off shaft or a fan blade on the tractor? a) Clothes that look cool
b) Loose, comfortable clothing a) Make sure the equipment is turned off. c) Close-fitting clothing without dangling strings b) Use different equipment. or flapping cloth c) Mark the equipment “out of use” and notify your supervisor. d) Both a and c Q: Why should you wear close- Q: What is the biggest risk fitting clothing without dangling of walking near an strings or flapping parts operating tractor? when operating or around equipment? a) Slowing down operation a) To avoid tripping over loose b) Scaring the driver clothing or getting caught in moving parts c) Getting run over by the tractor or equipment b) It looks more professional. c) It’s less distracting.
Q: An extra rider on a tractor Q: True or false? driving down the road is Transporting materials with dangerous. What safe mode the loader bucket in the raised of transportation should be position shifts the center of used instead? gravity and increases the likelihood of a rollover, back flip, or tip over. a) Ask a licensed driver to take you to your destination in a car or truck. a) True b) Ride a bicycle. b) False c) Walk d) Any of the above, as long as they are safe for the circumstances Q: True or false? Q: True or false? Tractor buckets are safe to use You can’t be electrocuted if you for a work platform? touch an overhead electrical line with a tractor loader bucket. a) True a) True b) False b) False
Q: What should you do if a tractor Q: How do you prevent injuries bucket or other equipment involving power take-off contacts an overhead shafts (PTO)? electrical line?
a) Make sure all PTO shields are a) Stay where you are; you are in place and in good condition. safe within the cab. b) Never step over a PTO while it b) Immediately climb down is running, even if it is shielded. the steps and run from the equipment. c) Do not wear jewelry or loose clothing, and tie long hair back Extra info: If a fire starts, jump out and to prevent contact with any part away from the cab making sure that you of the PTO. land on both feet at the same time. Do not touch the ground and equipment at same time. Shuffle feet to prevent arcing d) All of the above until you are more than 10 feet away from equipment. Others should stay away from the tractor and call 911. Q: How are PTOs dangerous? Q: What are some of the things that make rural roads dangerous? a) They are difficult to see. b) The speed of the spinning a) Narrow shaft makes it hazardous. b) Not well marked
c) Not well lit
d) Heavily populated by slow-moving vehicles and/or wide loads
e) Dusty Extra info: If something gets caught in the shaft, it can pull other items in, f) All of the above including body parts.
Q: To prevent falls while mounting Q: True or false? or dismounting a tractor, Noise levels of 85 decibels on a what’s the minimum number tractor are considered safe for of contact points you should an eight-hour exposure. maintain?
a) True a) 1 b) False b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 Q: True or false? Q: Which of the following is NOT It is not necessary to use a a purpose for a tractor? seat belt when the rollover protection structure is built into the cab. a) A remote power source
b) A machine to pull/carry another a) True machine b) False c) A way to transport coworkers and friends
d) A transporter of materials
Q: When operating a tractor near a ditch, how far away should the Q: Which tractor is appropriate for operator keep the tractor from work on hillsides? the ditch?
a) A tall tractor with a narrow a) One foot away for every foot wheel base. the ditch is deep b) An open cab tractor without b) Five feet away no matter the a rollover protective structure depth of the ditch (ROPS). c) So that your tire runs along c) A tractor with a wide wheel the edge base and an open cab with rollover protection, or closed-cab. Extra info: Consider soil condition and tractor weight when determining d) A tractor with a high clearance a safe driving distance. level. Q: Which side of the tractor should Q: What should you do if an you use to get on or off? unoccupied tractor starts to roll away? a) The left side, the side with a) Chase after it, jump on the the clutch steps, and take control. Tractors are expensive! b) The right side, the side with the brake b) Lasso it to stop it from rolling any further. c) Yell to make sure no one is in the tractor’s path, but otherwise let it go.
Extra info: The chances of being crushed Extra info: Do not use the brake side. or severely injured trying to stop a runaway You might accidentally disengage it tractor are very high. The tractor is most when climbing on or off the tractor. likely insured and is not worth your life.