This safety alert covers the importance of checking and servicing quad bike drive belts. What happened? A farm manager died of injuries when the wheels of his quad bike suddenly locked, causing the machine to roll and crush the driver. He was herding cattle and was making a wide turn at the time. The quad bike was in four-wheel drive. How did it happen? A post-accident inspection showed the quad bike's drive belt had broken. Ordinarily when the drive belt breaks, the quad bike's wheels would keep rolling whether or not they were in gear.

https://www.miragenews.com/worksafe-nz-stresses-need-for-quad-bike-drive-1053669/

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