Agricultural machine having accident prevention function and method of operating same

An agricultural machine having an accident prevention function, the agricultural machine comprising:

• an agricultural machine body including an engine;
• an engine controller configured to control an operation of the engine;
• a cargo box connected to the agricultural machine body and configured to load cargo;
• a boarding part connected to the agricultural machine body;
• a boarding-part seating detector configured to detect whether a user is seated on the boarding part;
• and
• an accident occurrence factor confirmation part configured to check whether an accident occurrence factor is present using a sensing signal for the cargo box when a seating detection signal is received from the boarding-part seating detector and provide a start disable signal or a start enable signal to the engine controller,
• wherein the agricultural machine is configured to:
• based on an inclination of the agricultural machine being greater than or equal to a critical inclination, compare location information of the agricultural machine with location information of a hazard area stored in a hazard area database (DB),
• based on the location information of the agricultural machine not corresponding to the location information of the hazard area stored in the hazard area DB as a result of the comparison, determine that the agricultural machine is not in an accident situation, and
• based on the location information of the agricultural machine corresponding to the location information of the hazard area stored in the hazard area DB as the result of the comparison, determine that an accident situation of the agricultural machine is suspected and provide the suspected accident situation and the location information of the agricultural machine to a server.