Originally posted by rmoore
"...I asked him if he was belted. He said "Honestly, no. But I held on real tight when the thing rolled on me." Even with a nice cab, reinforced and all like it was, I thought what if the door had flung open and he were thrown out. How foolish it would be to recover a body of a guy killed by his rollover protection becasue he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Go Figure!!!"
"...I asked him if he was belted. He said "Honestly, no. But I held on real tight when the thing rolled on me." Even with a nice cab, reinforced and all like it was, I thought what if the door had flung open and he were thrown out. How foolish it would be to recover a body of a guy killed by his rollover protection becasue he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Go Figure!!!"
The Kentucky Department Of Agriculture, Farm & Home Safety Program has just deployed a "Tractor ROLLOVER Simulator" and trailer (first of its' kind), that shows quite graphically what happens to a tractor operator when this event takes place without wearing a seatbelt. In addition to the "No Seatbelt" scenario, the instructors can remove the ROPS to show the dangers an operator risk when he (or the equipment owner) removes this vital piece of safety equipment.
Here's a link to the PR:
http://www.kyagr.com/news_events/tractorsim.htm
http://www.kyagr.com/news_events/tractorsim.htm
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