Stickers on the hard hats highlight a commitment to safety, recognize achievements or reflect on a particular annual outage. What better way to celebrate their contribution to our culture of ...

Tips for inspecting the hard hat and extending its longevity are as follows: For your safety, always replace a hard hat at the first sign of any of these conditions and, most importantly ...

Overall fit is an important additional factor in PPE use. Hard hats should never be too tight, too loose, or irritate the skin. Other equipment (such as safety glasses, or lights) must not compromise ...

The result: a “hard hat” for flight crews—the H-1 helmet for the Navy and P-1 for the Army Air Forces (forerunner of the Air Force)—that became standard-issue gear in 1947. “Take a ...

A safety equipment supplier can help employers select the most appropriate type of hard hat to ensure workers are protected on the job, but it’s also important to know some head protection basics.

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.