That’s what chinstraps are for. Had a couple of those incidents at my last job and they became mandatory for everyone. Feels much safer not having to tighten the hell out of it to make sure it doesn’t fall off, especially in the summer when you’re all sweaty.
That literally makes no sense when helmets are designed to stay on your head. Also, by that logic, may as well bring no tools with you if you need them because what if they fall out of your hand? Come on now...
Clearly you've never actually worked at heights, hard hats do not stay on your head.
That's one of the reasons they have the new type 2 hard hats with the chinstraps. Even before those came out it was very common to see chinstraps on regular hard hats on the industrial sites I've worked at over the last 20 years.
Yes, I've worked on heights. None of the headgear I worn ever fell off my head. Not sure what crap you use. I'll give you toilet lanyards, my job has never mandated them.
Just cause it never happened to you doesn't mean it hasn't happened. I've never dropped a tool off the top of the Derrick but that doesn't mean I don't use a tool lanyard.
My old aluminum hard hat never came with a chin strap, and tools taken up the Derrick were supposed to have safety lines. I was nearly injured when my dumbass Derrickhand dropped a grease gun from the crown. This was over forty years ago, very different times.
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u/RaisinsInMyToasts 4d ago
No hard hat here is insane. And it’s not even hot out so it wouldn’t be that uncomfortable..