11th August 2012, 03:29 PM
I blame my bad neck on wearing them, hardly ergonomic trying to shovel while balancing a bit of plastic on one's head. Can list you any number of accidents caused by pointlessly worn hardhats, a colleague years back had his cheekbone smashed by someone else's hat falling off while building a photo tower, and I've only ever seen people ending up on the floor after walking into scaffolding because the hardhat blocked their peripheral vision so they didn't automatically duck. Oh, the incident with the framing bolt was saved by the wooly item the guy was wearing under his hardhat [cold day] :face-approve: