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Hard hats are very important when it comes to working with heavy equipment or working in an area where standard protection precaution is necessary. If you need to have a hard on your work, you must know the types of hard hat that is appropriate and suitable for your work and your working environment.

For you to have an idea of the different types of hard hats, check out the lists below.

1.      Electrical class G. this type of hat is formerly known as class A. this type of hat reduces the risk of exposure when in contract with low voltage conductors. In order to pass the ANSI standard and certification, this hat was proof tested at 2,000 volts.

2.      Electrical class E. this hat is formerly known as class B hard hats. This type of hat is created to decrease the risk of exposure to conductors with high voltage and electric sources. To pass for ANSI certification, these hats are tested at 20,000volts.

3.      Electrical class C. users of this hat are only protected from hard and falling objects but not with impacts from electrical conductors since this hat is not electrically insulated.

4.      Impact type 1. This is the most commonly used hard hat. This type of hat is created to decrease the force of impact from falling objects or forces that hits the head since it reduces the collision impact of objects that hits the head.

5.      Impact type 2.  This type of hat is lined with thick density foam on its inner sides to reduce the impact force that are received from falling objects on the top of the head.

Before you hit the personal protective equipment store, make sure that you know what type of hard hat that you will be using. Having to use the right type of hard hat keep you protected from harm and danger on the work environment.


 
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An accident can happen casually and without warning in construction sites. Seldom does and accident occurs where no injury is sustained by the workers and even the office employees of the construction deployed to the construction site for supervision and monitoring job. Since the occurrence of accident does not give a prior warning to anybody, the contractor should adhere to the strict implementation of safety measures if it wants to avoid delays in the completion of a project being undertaken, financial losses incurred to pay damages and hospitalization of workers and employees hurt during the accident and payment of penalties for violation of the state safety laws and regulations.

Construction works involve the utilization of heavy equipments and machines that may hurt the workers during construction works especially when they are done at night time. So, workers and employees should be enjoined by the management to wear helmets to protect their heads from falling debris and sharp objects particularly in massive vertical construction like big and tall buildings. Safety shoes and hand gloves are also important industrial safety supplies that must be worn by the workers in both vertical and horizontal construction like road and bridge construction to protect their feet and hands. Aside from these supplies to protect their bodies and limbs, marking tapes and warning labels are supplies that will be of great help to avoid occurrences of accidents.

Heavy equipments like bulldozers, cranes and trucks should be marked with reflective tapes so that they are visible to the eye during the night when the lights are dim in the construction site. Road and bridge approaches that are under construction should be marked with aisle warning labels to give ample sign to drivers and other people who may happen to pass by these areas prone to accidents. People can avoid accidents. For more information, people can visit this website issc.com.