Hard hats are most often associated with protecting employees on jobsites from falling objects. However, they can do a great deal more for head protection. Hard hats can also protect workers from ...

Hard hats are among the most commonly used forms of personal protective equipment. Required in a wide range of applications, from construction, manufacturing, welding, and forestry to oil and gas, ...

For hard hats to work properly, they must be worn correctly, but what does that mean? Here are some expert insights on head protection. Every day, construction workers see a sign similar to this upon ...

More than 30 million workers in the U.S. wear safety helmets to prevent head injuries. Yet most of these hard hats offer little protection against serious impacts. Here’s NPR’s Jon Hamilton. JON ...

A hard hat should be worn in all situations where there is a reasonable probability of present danger. Each type of hard hat is designed to protect against specific hazards, so it is important to ...

Type II hard hats are part of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z89.1 classification system, which categorizes head protection into different types based on their design and protective ...

Every day, thousands of workers across the country put on a hard hat as part of their work attire. And, while it may not be their favorite thing to wear, it’s an important piece of safety equipment ...

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Hard hat developer E.W. Bullard Sr. was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this month. Bullard, the company his father founded, is now based in Cynthiana, Ky., and is led by the fifth ...

During World War I, death occurred on an apocalyptic scale in the killing fields of Europe. The advent of continuous-fire machine guns and modern artillery with high-explosive shells obliterated ...