The Vermont Rebates for Roll Bars Program ROPS = Roll-Over Protective Structure
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The Vermont
Rebates for Roll Bars Program
ROPS = Roll-Over Protective Structure
ONE in TEN tractor operators
overturns a tractor in his or her lifetime.
Why bother
with Roll
Bars?
The leading cause of death
on the farm is due to
tractor rollovers
Farmers are 8 times more likely to
die on the job
than the average worker.
The Northeast States have the
highest rate of overturn fatalities &
injuries
No Farmer, No Farm
7 of 10 farms are out of
business within one year
of a rollover fatality
A farming fatality costs the
family and society
approximately $910,000
Over half of rollover injuries
result in:
Hospitalization
70 lost working
days
One in Seven farmers are
permanently disabled in
tractor rollovers
ROPS are 99 Percent
Effective in preventing
Rollover Deaths/Injuries
Top three reasons
farmers don’t install
ROPS
“It won’t happen to me”
“Can’t afford it”
“No time to order”
New York saw a 10-fold increase
in ROPS purchases
in just one year!
A Media Campaign to motivate farmers
A Hotline to guide smooth ROPS purchases
A 70% rebate to farmers for cost of a ROPS
Strategy for Vermont
A Media Campaign for farmers (USA Today, 8 papers!)
A ROPS Hotline (186 farmers registered since Sept!)
A 70% Rebate to farmers (Nearly fifty retrofitted!)
Raised $60,000 for rebates so far. MORE is NEEDED!
Our Vermont Partners
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food
and Markets
Vermont Department of Health
The Vermont Farm Bureau
Vermont farm families
Public and Private Sponsors
Partner with us and
Help protect
Farmers
Farms
Costs to Society