Hard hats are most often associated with protecting employees on jobsites from falling objects. However, they can do a great deal more for head protection. Hard hats can also protect workers from ...

National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and Construction Suicide Prevention Week join effort to expand industry access to life-saving suicide prevention and mental health ...

Type II hard hats are part of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z89.1 classification system, which categorizes head protection into different types based on their design and protective ...

It is critical that construction workers be equipped with state-of-the art head protection. Designed to provide better and more comprehensive impact protection, Type 2 safety helmets have become ...

Frank Wampol, vice president of safety and health at the BL Harbert International construction company, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is working on providing mental health first-aid training for ...

Imagine working in a building where construction is taking place while you are at work. If you were required to wear a hard hat but there weren’t enough hard hats for everyone, what would you do? In ...

Hardhats take the steps on May 8, 1970 Credit: Carl T. Gossett/The New York Times/Redux. Word spread quickly among the tight-knit community of New York City construction workers on a Friday morning: ...

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Frank Wampol had a dark realization ...