10th August 2012, 04:27 PM
Looking at various web sites it seems that hard hats should be replaced every five years and every two years if they are getting a lot of rays
. And obviously binned if they have been subject to any trauma. I have one I keep in the cellar that is over thrirty years old I feed it occasionally with the odd dead mouse but I would never ever consider wearing it.
For sites I have my own personal helmet whose history I know and which is replace every three years or sooner. If I am going to be putting my life on a piece of equipment I want to know everything about it and the only way to do that is to have personal equipment. That said on most sites where helmets are worn there is in fact little if any risk and often no real need for them, in those cases I will wear the site helmets.
Hard hats do save lives I had a colleague who had a roodf tiler drop a slate on his head, it did penetrate the hard hat but not his skull.
. And obviously binned if they have been subject to any trauma. I have one I keep in the cellar that is over thrirty years old I feed it occasionally with the odd dead mouse but I would never ever consider wearing it. For sites I have my own personal helmet whose history I know and which is replace every three years or sooner. If I am going to be putting my life on a piece of equipment I want to know everything about it and the only way to do that is to have personal equipment. That said on most sites where helmets are worn there is in fact little if any risk and often no real need for them, in those cases I will wear the site helmets.
Hard hats do save lives I had a colleague who had a roodf tiler drop a slate on his head, it did penetrate the hard hat but not his skull.