Excel Industries, Inc. has been repeatedly sued for people being severely injured or killed when Excel Industries tractors roll over. Incredibly, Excel Industries offers ROPS as an "option" for their tractors and Hustler tractors. Fed OSHA and CAL OSHA have required ROPS/ seat belts since the 1970's. Yet, Excel Industries, Inc. says they offer ROPS/ seat belts as an "option." Which raises the question: does Excel Industries even care about tractor injuries and deaths?

Excel Industries, Inc. and tractor roll overs: Does Excel Industries, Inc. even care about tractor roll-over injuries and deaths?

Excel Industries, Inc. lawsuits over deaths/ injuries caused by Excel Industries, Inc. tractors rolling over continue to mount across the U.S. In spite, of the mounting deaths, injuries and lawsuits, Excel Industries offers ROPS (roll over protection structures - - which means a roll bar and a seat belt) as an option.

Excel Industries, Inc. tractors are defective because they don't have a roll bar and a seat belt. The Excel Industries, Inc. tractors are defectively designed and dangerous. So there continues to be Excel Industries tractor death after death, Excel Industries tractor injury after injury, Excel Industries tractor lawsuit after lawsuit.

We are ROPS lawyers in California. We handle tractor roll over lawsuits. FED OSHA / CAL OSHA have required ROPS on tractors since the 1970's. Most tractor manufacturers get it. Meaning that they understand all the deaths and injuries caused by tractor roll overs. In response. they make ROPS standard features on industrial tractors. These responsible tractor manufacturers realize the true facts.

Excel Industries, Inc. doesn't seem to get it. FED OSHA / CAL OSHA have required ROPS on tractors since the 1970's. Yet Excel Industries, Inc. still manufactures and sells Hustler tractors with ROPS as an "option." How many more workers have to die or be injured in tractor roll overs before Excel Industries, Inc. starts to get it?

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health tractor overturns are the leading cause of occupational agricultural deaths in the United States. Between 1992 and 2005, 1,412 workers on farms died from tractor overturns. The Roll-Over Protective Structure (ROPS) was developed to protect tractor operators from death and disability from these events by providing a protective zone for the operator in during a tractor overturn. ROPS are most effective when used in conjunction with a seatbelt, which keeps the tractor operator inside the protective zone during an overturn. The effectiveness of ROPS has been well documented (Thelin, 1998). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has estimated that fatality rates due to tractor overturns could be reduced by a minimum of 71% if all tractors in the U.S. were equipped with ROPS.

Incredibly, in a recent lawsuit concerning a California workers that was catastrophically injured due to an Excel Industries, Inc. Hustler 4400 not having ROPS/ Seat belt; Excel Industries, Inc. stated:

"Excel Industries, Inc. states that snce the 1970's, ROPS were optional ... therefore it was determined that this course of action would continue."

Responsible tractor manufacturers refuse to manufacture/ sell industrial tractors without Roll-Over Protective Structures. Other, like Excel Industries chose to place the health and safety of workers at risk.

It's all about money to these irresponsbile manufacturers. Small family farms still order tractors without ROPS. Instead, of being responsible and refusing to manufacture and sell unsafe tractors - - these tractor manufacturers see a buck to be made. Instead to telling these family farmers that they are placing their children at extreme risk due to not ordering ROPS as an option; these inresponsible manufacturers say this is a "personal choice."

A good Roll-Over Protection Structure lawyer/ Roll-Over Protective Structure attorney can help you and your family if there is a tractor roll over. Be sure to hire an experinced tractor roll over lawyer.


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