The image of a construction worker wearing a hard hat is iconic. Whether it’s high atop a skyscraper or on the ground, everyone on a job site must wear a hard hat, visitors included. However, is that mainstay of construction—the hard hat—getting a makeover? Nowadays, hard hats are often upgraded to safety helmets, because they offer increased protection. Will safety helmets eventually take over as the head protection of choice, or will hard hats and safety helmets coexist on the job?
