ASAP: Agricultural Safety Awareness Program Week - Tractor Safety

Agricultural Safety Awareness Program Week continues with today's focus on tractor safety.

"I think it's improved from the standpoint that you're seeing a lot of older tractors that didn't have a ROPS (Roll Over Protective Structure) not being used anymore," said Wendell Miley, Safety Director for the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.  "A lot of your newer tractors nowadays have a ROPS.  When a tractor rolls over, hopefully is protects the farmer from being crushed by the tractor or the trailing equipment," Miley added.  

In order for a ROPS to be effective, farmers must remember to buckle their seatbelt to hold them in place in case of a rollover.

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