| When working at construction sites and other | | | | Polyethylene). |
| workplace surroundings, helmets, better known as | | | | The HDPE used for making the hard hat ensures |
| hard hats, provide protection to the head from | | | | that it is as lightweight as possible while providing |
| debris, bad weather and falling objects. According | | | | maximum protection to the head. They have to |
| to a number of tests, a hard hat can take the | | | | undergo stringent quality tests to make sure that |
| impact of an 8-pound object that is released from | | | | meet necessary safety standards. The types |
| a height of five feet. It is an indispensable piece of | | | | used by workers provide a characteristic profile - |
| gear and mandatory for people that work with | | | | one that can be identified in peripheral vision. |
| earth moving machinery. For instance, miners, | | | | Usually, the hard hat colors symbolize the worker |
| road and maintenance workers, and those in the | | | | category like workmen wear yellow, technicians |
| construction industry use them. They are even | | | | wear blue, safety administrators wear red and |
| used by manufacturing personnel. | | | | supervisors wear white. |
| A hard hat is characterized by an exterior surface | | | | For road maintenance workers, the hard hats are |
| made of rigid and hard plastic that is intended to | | | | pasted with reflective material or fluorescent |
| protect heads from falling stones, small objects, | | | | strips, which adds to their safety while on the job. |
| loose rubble and even bad weather. It weighs an | | | | Other additional safety features that are seen are |
| average of fourteen ounces and is seen in a | | | | the hard safety suspension system which is a |
| variety of colors. | | | | simple shock absorber incase of impact with an |
| The most comfortable and protective version is | | | | object. Sweatbands are a requirement and this |
| the one that fits you perfectly. Hard hats are the | | | | prevents the hat from slipping off. As mentioned |
| best PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) when on | | | | earlier, to get the maximum protection and |
| the job and have been used for a number of | | | | safety make sure that these fit right. |
| years. In the US, the Bullard Company was the | | | | Hard hats is classified into three classes, A, B and |
| first to manufacture protective headgear, which | | | | C. A hard hat made with insulating material that |
| he called as "hard boiled hats". While the first | | | | protects you from electrical shock (2,200V) and |
| construction site that required a hard hat to be | | | | impact from a falling object is a 'Class A' hard hat. |
| used was the 'Golden Gate Bridge' construction in | | | | Class B are similar to A but can withstand shocks |
| 1933. Today they have evolved into better pieces | | | | up to 20, 000 V. The 'Class C' hard hat is meant |
| of Personal Protection and are fitted with add-ons | | | | only to protect you from impact from falling |
| like visors, earmuffs, mirrors that enhance rear | | | | objects and not an electric shock. |
| view, and are made from HDPE (High-Density | | | | |