Riley pushes tractor safety bill

Riley pushes tractor safety bill

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Federal funding to help install rollover bars on older tractors operated by farmers is at the center of a bill pushed by U.S. Rep. Josh Riley, his office said earlier this week.. Riley, D-Ithaca, who represents the 18th Congressional District, is a co-sponsor of the bipartisan bill, known as the Tractor Safety Act, which was introduced on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The congressman announced the bill on Monday. “Tractor rollovers are killi…

Sen. Justice introduces bill to incentivize installing rollbars on tractors to protect farmers

CHARLESTON — Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., is joining a bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators in introducing legislation that aims to make farmers safer by preventing fatal tractor rollovers, according to a news release.

WV Sen. Justice introduces bill to incentivize installing rollbars on tractors to protect farmers

A farmer on a tractor sprays soybean crops. (Photo by Westend61/Getty Images)Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., is joining a bipartisan coalition of U.S. senators in introducing legislation that aims to make farmers safer by preventing fatal tractor rollovers, according to a news release.  According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 417 farmers died nationally between 2011 and 2018 due to tractor rollovers. Five of those fatalities — one…