Protect Your Heads Using Hard Hats

By Debra Cooley


In every place of work especially when doing dangerous jobs, it is very important to have some kind of precautions like wearing hard hats. This type of helmet are commonly used to avoid you from getting injured because of electric shocks, falling objects, bumping on objects and from debris. In any hazardous surrounding, the main concern is always about the safety of the lives of the employees.

One of the dangerous jobs out there is in construction, which may require a higher level of safety precautions. If something is dropped and falls on a person, it can have a lethal consequence especially if it is from a high elevation and strikes the head. This can become a very serious problem for the person and the company involved.

Only one of these can make you a handicap for your whole life. This is the reason that these hard boiled helmets should be able to protect your head especially the delicate parts like the mouth, brain, eyes, nose and ears. Not just the helmet, equipments like safety gears, protective clothing, steel toe boots and eye goggles can offer maximum protection.

They are made to be able to resist being punctured by sharp objects and they should also be able to absorb shocks from the impact. They should be able to resist electric shocks, water and should not be flammable or combustible and have proper ventilation. Many years ago, they were made of fiberglass and aluminum though nowadays they are mostly made of a firm type of plastic, which is very light and durable.

They are labeled into three different industrial classes. The most commonly used among them is the class A because it provides good impact absorption, but limited voltage protection. They are usually used when constructing buildings, shipbuilding, lumbering, manufacturing and mining. However, the best option when working with electricity are the class B.

These are great choice if you want to be more protected against burns or high voltage shocks aside from falling objects. Class C types, on another hand, were made for the comfort of the wearer and are more light in weight, yet they offer limited protection. Although it can prevent you from getting injured from bumping stationary objects, it cannot effectively protect the employee against electric shocks and falling materials.

They can be fitted with many other accessories needed for the job such as insulation pads, mirrors, flashlight or headlamps, and visors. Employers may also require them to have chinstraps and sweatbands to keep the helmet from falling off, which may become a hazard to the people working below. Those who work in road maintenance have florescent strips or reflective materials on their hats to be safer when working on the road.

If they are taken good care of, they can be used for five years and then be replaced after. They have different colors to indicate their different roles in the workplace which depends on the company. For instance, the white ones are usually worn by managers, supervisor and engineers while yellow is worn by the laborers.

The blue ones may be used by the technical advisers, and the green is for the safety and medical staff and the visitors and new employees may also have a different color so that they will be easy to identify. Cleaning can have an effect on their longevity. It is for the good of the employees that the hard hats should be worn always anywhere in the site.




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