Work sites always have a lot going on, which is why it's important to stay organized. The different hard hat colors help show at a glance what job everyone has.

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 ...

Type 2 safety helmets are becoming the new standard in construction, offering enhanced protection against traumatic brain ...

Class E hard hats have been tested to 20,000 volts. Class G provides minimum protection against electrical hazards. These hard hats have only been tested to 2,200 volts. Class C is classified as ...

ANSI has divided hard hats into three general classifications: Class G (General) is an all-purpose, general helmet that provides good impact and penetration protection, but offers limited voltage ...

Safety helmets cost more than hard hats — about $70 to $100 each, compared to $15 to $25 — but the cost is well worth it when it prevents an employee from suffering a head injury, Whitmore said.

A company started by two scientists has developed a hard hat that will do a better job protecting workers from on-the-job brain injuries. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 9, 2022.) ...

A viral video showing a construction worker’s hard hat being smashed in by a stronger one, reputedly reserved for supervisors, has raised concerns about substandard safety gear in China ...

The most common type of hard hat, and debatably the poster child of the entire hard hat family, is the yellow hard hat. ... This is because workers with green hats are safety inspectors.