By Jessica Roberts on September 8, 2010
Tractor rollovers long have been the leading cause of workplace deaths on U.S. farms. In recent years, though, those fatalities have declined as farmers buy new machines, or reequip their old models, with roll bars, reinforced cabs and seatbelts.
Fatalities from tractor rollovers have dropped from a rate of 5.5 deaths per 100,000 agriculture workers in ... Read more »
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By Patrick Corcoran on September 2, 2010
A Mississippi jury on Thursday ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay $131 million in compensatory damages to the family of minor league outfielder Brian Cole, who was killed in the rollover of his Ford Explorer Sport. The automaker quickly settled with the family for a confidential sum before the punitive damages phase of the case, ESPN reports.
Brian Cole, tabbed as a future star for the New ... Read more »
Posted in Auto Safety, News & Notes, Rollovers
By Elise Craig on August 30, 2010
The U.S. has fallen behind other industrial nations in auto safety because of industry pressure and a failure to impose tough regulation, an article in the Journal of Public Health Policy argues.
In 1966, the government established the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reduce injuries and deaths by setting safety standards for cars and trucks and forcing recalls ... Read more »
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By Matthew Richmond on May 10, 2010
Internal documents released by Ford Motor Co. show the carmaker knew about defects in Ford Explorers that contributed to hundreds of deaths from rollovers while it publicly blamed the fatalities on Firestone tires a decade ago.
Company engineers in Venezuela decided that the sport utility vehicle’s shock absorbers should be replaced after 50 crashes in that ... Read more »
Posted in Auto Safety, News & Notes, Rollovers
By Matthew Richmond on May 7, 2010
Consumer Reports has removed the “do not buy” designation from Toyota’s 2010 Lexus GX 460 sport utility vehicle. The consumer watchdog magazine test-drove the SUV last month and found that its rear wheels slid out when making sharp turns, increasing the risk of a rollover.
Toyota stopped sales of the vehicle and quickly came up with ... Read more »
Posted in Auto Safety, News & Notes, Rollovers
By Matthew Richmond on April 29, 2010
Toyota announced Thursday that it has resumed sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 after issuing a software upgrade that addresses stability issues that could cause the sport utility vehicle to roll over. The announcement comes a day after Toyota recalled 50,000 2003 Sequoia SUVs because of stability issues and just two weeks after Consumer ... Read more »
Posted in Auto Safety, News & Notes, Product Hazards and Recalls, Rollovers
