## Background: Roll-over protective structures (rops) are proven to prevent fatalities from agricultural tractor overturns, accounting for more than one-third of all production agriculture-related fatalities in the united states. in 1997, there were approximately 1.2 million rops-retrofittable trac
Effectiveness of roll-over protective structures in reducing farm tractor fatalities
β Scribed by Stephen J Reynolds; William Groves
- Book ID
- 117570330
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-3797
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