The agriculture sector continues to have the highest rate of fatal occupational injuries (23.2 per 100 000 full-time-equivalent workers, with 593 fatalities in 2016) and the highest rate of nonfatal work-related illnesses and injuries (6.1 per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, with 58 300 cases in 2016).1 Tractor deaths are responsible for approximately one third of these fatalities, with about half caused by tractor rollovers. Tractor rollovers occur for a number of reasons, including tractor operations near irregular, slippery, and sloped terrain; fixed pathway obstacles; and operator issues such as distraction, excessive speed, improper hitching, and failure to set the break when stopped (https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1928/1928.51). The most frequent victims are elderly farmers, although notably youths and hired farm workers are also affected.2
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