OSHA has issued out a direct final rule regulating the testing of roll-over protective structures (ROPS) used to protect employees who operate wheel-type tractors. The rule, which was announced in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has recently highlighted tractor operator safety by increasing use of rollbars or cage frames. Employers use tractors to clear winter snows. As snow season approaches, OSHA ...

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 ...

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 ...