22nd July 2010, 01:04 PM
Can do you a whole list of accidents and injuries caused by unnecessary and pointless wearing of hard-hats, starting with my bad neck, someone who spent 2 days in hospital after trying to catch his hard-hat rather than concentrating on landing after falling a whole 2 feet, someone who's cheekbone was smashed by someone else's detached hardhat (as usual it missed the one he was wearing), have been on an urban site where there were endless incidents caused by members of the public out shopping being hit by wind-blown hardhats, etc etc, etc. They should be saved for 'as required' where there's actually a threat, not worn at all times in the middle of a field 5 miles from the nearest scaffolding where they actually become the threat on a windy day......as for goggles/safety glasses.....