Choosing a Hard Hat. What you should know about the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 protective hard hats. By Drew Thiel; Jun 01, 2023; In the United States, according to OSHA standard number ...

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 ...

Aussie Cowboy Hats Targeted as Safety Clashes With Custom. By Rod McGuirk . Nov. 21, 2004 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... broad-brimmed hard hats as an alternative to helmets ...

OSHA recently announced a significant change in its head protection policy, and is transitioning from traditional hard hats to safety helmets for its employees.This move is more than just an ...

Ongoing training to ensure hard hats are being used correctly is essential to employee safety. Some basic head protection training includes: Understanding how to wear a hard hat correctly.

The first hard hat, produced by a WWI doughboy for the mining industry, came out in 1919. That inventor's great granddaughter explains how this PPE revolutionized industrial work. Luckily for ...

A Type I hard hat is certified to reduce the impact of blows to the crown or top of the head. If tools, small parts, or other items are dropped from a height (or if you rise up under an ...

The first hard hat, produced by a WWI doughboy for the mining industry, came out in 1919. That inventor's great granddaughter explains how this PPE revolutionized industrial work. Luckily for ...