Every year, thousands of construction workers suffer head injuries ranging from minor cuts to concussions to even death. Most of these types of injures would have been prevented had employees worn the proper head protection consisting of a hard hat. The following are safety rules to follow for hard hat usage:
Hard hats are required to be worn whenever there is an overhead exposure
Head injuries on a construction site may result from several areas
Tools or material being dropped from above
Low overhead clearance
Electrical current
Hard Hats should not be altered or have any holes drilled or cut into them for ventilation.
Hard hats should be fitted tightly on your head.
Wearing a baseball cap underneath a hard hat will cause the hard hat not to fit snug on your head, thus reducing its effectiveness.
The suspension system of the hard hat absorbs the impact of a falling object.
Inspect your hard hat for any damage.
Never use a hard hat that has visible damage to the outer shell or to the suspension.
Download this information and more at: http://www.rcecusa.org/Safety
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