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The Vermont
Rebates for Roll Bars Program
ROPS = Roll-Over Protective Structure
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ONE in TEN tractor operators
overturns a tractor in his or her lifetime.
Why bother
with Roll
Bars?
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The leading cause of death
on the farm is due to
tractor rollovers
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Farmers are 8 times more likely to
die on the job
than the average worker.
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The Northeast States have the
highest rate of overturn fatalities &
injuries
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No Farmer, No Farm
7 of 10 farms are out of
business within one year
of a rollover fatality
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A farming fatality costs the
family and society
approximately $910,000
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Over half of rollover injuries
result in:
Hospitalization
70 lost working
days
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One in Seven farmers are
permanently disabled in
tractor rollovers
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ROPS are 99 Percent
Effective in preventing
Rollover Deaths/Injuries
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Top three reasons
farmers don’t install
ROPS
“It won’t happen to me”
“Can’t afford it”
“No time to order”
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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
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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!
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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
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Partner with us and
Help protect
Farmers
Farms
Costs to Society