News | National ROPS Rebate Program

Seward Receives The National Agricultural Safety Award

July 9, 2020

Oneonta, NY – Senator James Seward, who has served in the New York legislature for over three decades, received national recognition Wednesday at the North American Agricultural Safety Summit for his tireless service to the farm community. "Agriculture is New York State's number one industry. It is vital to our economy...

Public Health Intervention in NYS Model for Rest of Country

March 13, 2019

Cooperstown, NY – At least 10 lives and more than four million dollars were saved in New York State (NYS) between 2007 and 2017 thanks to a program designed to increase the retrofitting of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on tractors built before 1985. An analysis of the program's effectiveness was recently published...

ROPS saves lives, but at slower pace in Illinois

October 3, 2018

Most farmers know what a new study confirms: State-sponsored tractor rollover rebates save money and lives. Here's why Illinois isn't one of the seven states that financially supports ROPS rebates...

Keeping Farmers Safe: The National ROPS Rebate Program - Video

September 18, 2018

Julie Sorensen, PhD, talks about the National ROPS Rebate Program and its significant impact on agricultural workers.This video was filmed during NIOSH's Expanding Research Partnerships: State of the Science Conference, and can be viewed on the CDC YouTube Channel....

Rollover Protection Structures can prevent injury/death due to tractor rollovers

August 28, 2018

Is your life worth $391? That's the average out-of-pocket cost of a Rollover Protection Structure (ROPS) for enrollees in the National ROPS Rebate Program, which launched in June 2017. Full article...

Ag Safety Experts Launch National Program to Curb #1 Cause of Farm Injury, Death

June 30, 2017

Agricultural safety experts from throughout the United States gather this week to announce the launch of the National ROPS (rollover protection system) Rebate Program. The tractor is the leading cause of death on American farms; rollover protection is 99% effective in preventing injury and death in the event of...

Tractor rollover death brings attention to rollbar program

September 8, 2016

Mark Wright was using a tractor to haul wood on his hilly property south of Mount Horeb this month when the tractor rolled over and crushed him to death. The 1950s tractor, like about half of the 200,000 tractors on farms in Wisconsin, didn't have a rollbar, which can greatly reduce...

Tractor rollover stats point to prevention with ROPS

May 29, 2016

Doug Raber, a Livingston County grain farmer, says he isn't much of a public speaker. But he will talk about a farm accident he experienced if it might help someone else. "I don't particularly like to talk to groups, but if you could bring light to one person, it's worth it,"...

Tractor upgrades cut deaths

November 2, 2010

Coroner Karl Addis said Simmons, who was pinned under the tractor, was pronounced dead at Oconee Medical Center in Seneca, S.C., despite the efforts of bystanders who quickly lifted the tractor off her. A preliminary autopsy Monday showed she sustained a laceration to the heart due to multiple rib fractures,...