Each year 4 out of every 100,000 American workers die on the job.

For the American farmer, that number is 33 out of every 100,000.

The fatality rate for farmers is 800% higher.

The farm tractor is the leading cause of deaths.

The leading causes of tractor deaths are side and rear overturns.

Farmers in the Northeast experience the highest rates of overturn deaths.

Most of these deaths occur to farmers with many years of experience and many hours of tractor use.

Deaths and serious injuries can be prevented with use of rollover protection (ROPS) and a seatbelt.

ROPS in combination with a seatbelt, have shown to be 99% effective in preventing deaths associated with tractor rollovers.

More than half of New York tractors are unprotected.