Safety Research

My safety research has focused on tractor safety and safety in the agricultural teaching laboratory. A bibliography of selected papers follows:

• Schumacher, L. G., Hires, B. and Frisby, J. (1991). Tractor safety: Are farmers using OEM safety devices?. Journal of Agricultural Mechanization, 6 (1), 18-23.

• Schumacher, L. G. and Harrison, J. D. (1991). A theoretical basis for shop safety color Coding. Proceedings of the Central Region Conference in Agricultural Education Poster Board Competition. Chicago, IL.

• Schumacher, L. G., Hires, B. and Frisby, J. (1989). Tractor safety: Are farmers using OEM safety devices?. American Society of Agricultural Engineers Winter Meeting 1989. New Orleans, LA: paper #89-1625.

• Schumacher, L. G. & Brown, S. (1992). Agricultural Education Laboratory Safety Checklist. Jefferson City, MO., Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Several key individuals at MU assisted me with this research. Those who assisted are noted below:

Steve Brown, Dan Chappell, Jim Frisby, Karen Funkenbusch, John D. Harrison, and Bill Hires.

These papers are on file at MU and several were published by the Journal of Agricultural Mechanization and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Please contact me at leon.schumacher@ndsu.edu for additional information. I can also be reached at 701-231-5173 or by mail at:

• 104J Ladd Hall

• North Dakota State University

• Fargo, ND  58108-6050

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