Tag: helmets
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Why adopting better helmets in construction is a no-brainer
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Steve Rowson is a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics and the director of the Helmet Lab at Virginia Tech. Opinions are the author’s own. Across the U.S., construction accounts for one in five workplace deaths and…
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Helmet Lab Issues First Ratings for Construction Helmets
The 2018 collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida, served as a headgear wake-up call for Scott Greenhaus. A 40-plus-year veteran of the construction industry, Greenhaus was working with his team to install a post-tensioning system when the bridge collapsed. It killed five motorists and one team member and left the job’s superintendent with a…
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STUDSON Earns First Dual U.S.-Canada Safety Certification for Type II Helmets
STUDSON has announced its SHK-1 Full Brim safety helmet is now certified under both the Canadian CSA Z94.1-15 (R2024) and U.S. ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014 (R2019) standards. This is the first Type II helmet to achieve dual certification, allowing seamless compliance for workers operating across the U.S.-Canada border. The updated helmet is designed for industries such as…
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What gives with head protection? Why workers want to keep their hard hats and ditch safety helmets.
Last August, I took my pickup to the dealership for a nagging check engine light. While it was being looked over, I chatted with the salesman I normally deal with, and he told me about the latest and greatest 2025 models. He told me how the twin turbo inline six-cylinder engine beats my V8 in…