The plastic hard hat is one of the most recognizable pieces of equipment on any construction site. That’s partly because of safety regulations that require workers to wear them. But it’s also ...

Hard hats are the team headgear of working-class America — the people who built the United States with their bare hands. The people who still build the USA today. Tip your safety cap to Edward W.

A new generation of hard hats is promising better protection against on-the-job concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injuries. These hard hats incorporate technology that not only ...

Yet most of these hard hats offer little protection against serious impacts. Here’s NPR’s Jon Hamilton. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, get a lot of ...

Global warming, wildfires, pandemics: The world is becoming more treacherous for everyone, but this is even more true for people in already hazardous professions. CEO Wells Bullard [Photo: Bullard ...