UC Davis' Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety has been awarded a federal grant to help tackle the leading cause of death and serious injury in American agriculture -- tractor-related ...

AMES, Iowa – Agriculture remains the deadliest industry in the United States, based on the number of deaths per 100,000 workers. A leading cause of these fatalities is rollovers of tractors without ...

This is Tractor Safety Day, the first day of National Farm Safety Week, and one of the biggest dangers involving farm tractors is a lack of rollover protection. A program offers Iowa tractor owners a ...

A tractor can turn over suddenly; if it is not equipped with a rollover protection structure (ROPS) and a seatbelt, there is a good chance the tractor could crush the driver. ROPS are compartment ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Congressman Josh Riley introduced legislation Monday to reauthorize the National ROPS or Rollover Protective Structure Rebate Program, aimed at preventing life-threatening tractor ...

Stakeholders have until Jan. 30 to submit comments to OSHA on a direct final rule to reinstate the original roll-over protective structures (ROPS) standards for the construction and agriculture ...

A University of Maryland student sits in a John Deere tractor equipped with a rollover protective structure during a safety class at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center in Ellicott City ...