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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.) ...

Hadwin received a hard hat and bright yellow security vest from the USGA, the governing body of the U.S. Open, upon his arrival to Los Angeles, just one day after he was leveled by a security ...

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.

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 ...