Head protection

Climbing-style helmets offer a wider field of vision

Going brimless

September 9, 2019

Wearing a hard hat is essential for protecting your most valuable tool: your brain. The effects of Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI can be devastating, not just for the injured, but for their families as well.

Top products of the week

September 1, 2019

Award-winning hand protection, cold-weather headwear that’s just in time for winter and padlocks for safety devices were the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Ergodyne adds innovative worker-focused designs to N-Ferno® headwear line

August 26, 2019

Ergodyne announced its launch of new products to their extensive line of N-Ferno® cold-weather gear. These new additions come just in time as retailers and customers start to think ahead to the winter months. “We listened to worker feedback on the type of protection they need on the job in the winter, and made some additions and improvements to some of our best-sellers,” says Alsie Nelson, Senior Product Manager, Ergodyne.

Wear a hard hat with chin strap

J. Nigel Ellis, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, CPE

August 14, 2019

Common to most construction sites in America is that both workers and managers wear Z89.1 compliant hard hats onsite as a symbol of safety, to protect from falling objects and also as a tool deflector.

Top products of the week

July 28, 2019

Innovations in head and respiratory protection, fall prevention and first aid were among this week’s top products of the week.

Top products of the week

July 21, 2019

Safety glasses, comfortable hard hats and a barrier to enhance forklift safety are among the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Top products of the week

July 14, 2019

Safety helmets with beat-the-heat accessories, fall protection that protects against arc flash and remote machine safeguarding were among the top occupational safety and health products featured this week on ISHN.com.

With ISHN videos, you can learn a lot in 3 minutes

July 6, 2019

Short but powerful videos hosted on the Industrial Safety & Hygiene News website can bring you up to speed on important safety topics in mere minutes. Recently added videos include:

Visit MSA booth 1402 @ AIHce 2019

See the latest safety solutions, test new products & challenge your gaming skills

May 14, 2019

Hope to see you at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo (AIHce) in Minneapolis, May 20-22! Stop by booth 1402 for the latest in gas detection, including a sneak preview of the ALTAIR io360.

The hard hat turns 100

Steamed canvas, glue and black paint were used for the original “Hard Boiled” hat

Rodger Roeser

March 5, 2019

Women got the vote. Prohibition began. The National Football League was founded. And, the construction industry was forever changed by the invention of an often overlooked but significant worker safety advancement – the hard hat.