If you wear a safety helmet at work, do you have the right fit? Take 60 seconds to find out – it could save your life.
Traditional hard hats can easily be dislodged during a fall or impact, rendering them ineffective. Safety helmets with chin straps offer a more secure fit, ensuring that head protection remains intact during unforeseen falls or impacts. This shift represents a...
Ike Pritchett from Ironworkers Local 10 shares his story about how wearing a hard hat saved his life on a construction site. He emphasizes the importance of safety measures and proper head protection to prevent struck-by injuries.
This summer, researchers will begin an 18-month study to develop the first ratings system for safety helmets, also commonly referred to as hard hats or construction helmets.
There are a lot of misconceptions about industrial head protection available today. The stakes couldn’t be higher: 195,720 head injuries to workers in the US were reported from 2021 to 2022, and 684 workers died from their injuries in 2022. Fewer than half of workers...
