According to Safety and Health Information Bulletin 09-29-2008, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), between 2000 and 2006, investigated a number of rollover accidents involving ride-on compactors. In 19 accidents, machines were equipped with a ROPS (Roll-Over Protection Structure), but operators were not wearing seat belts. Fourteen fatalities resulted-many of which occurred, says the report, when the operator was ejected or jumped from the machine and was pinned under the ROPS. Seven accidents involved machines without a ROPS and run by operators not wearing a seat belt. Seven fatalities. Five accidents involved machines fitted with a ROPS and operated by workers wearing seatbelts. No fatalities.
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