You're an industrial safety professional. You encourage using the right PPE. You know the value of protecting workers from injury — head to toe. Think about this for a minute: the head is about ...

News last year that the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is replacing the traditional hard hats used by its employees with safety helmets ended up being ...

Millions of workers wear hard hats every day on their job sites. Have you ever wondered where the hard hat comes from? It so happens that the hard hat is celebrating 100 years this year. Today, the ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Trade Release on December 11, 2023, announcing that its employees will now wear safety helmets instead of hard hats on inspection ...

The Boldt Company is setting a new standard for worker safety on its project sites. Having transitioned from hard hats to safety helmets for its employees in 2022, Boldt is now extending this ...

Luckily for industrial workers everywhere, Lt. Edward Wheatley Bullard of the U.S. Cavalry climbed out of the French trenches with an idea that would spark the industrial safety movement: the hard hat ...

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 ...

On December 11, OSHA announced that the agency is replacing traditional hard hats used by its employees with more modern safety helmets to protect them better when they are on inspection sites. In ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The traditional hard hat used by the construction industry for decades is being replaced by modern safety helmets. The Boldt Company made the switch for its 1,500 employees in January ...

It could be said that most professions have at least one definitive article of clothing — something that makes them readily identifiable by bystanders at a quick glance. One of the most distinctive ...

The hard hat was designed 100 years ago as protective gear for miners and other laborers, but it has grown to become a symbol of status and masculinity. The original ...