Type II helmets better protect workers from fatal falls, yet are underused, writes the director of Virginia Tech’s helmet ...

In 2017, Clark Construction, based in Bethesda, Md., became the first general contractor to require personal protection headgear with a higher safety standard than traditional hardhats on all of its ...

Type II helmets like the Studson models have padding and shock-absorbing technology to protect against side, back and front impacts from slips and falls. Photo courtesy Cam McLeod/Studson In December, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has released ratings for construction helmets for the first time, making its ratings the first non-sports helmets to be researched in the lab.

Researchers integrated a specific type of sensor into a typical construction helmet to allow continuous and noninvasive monitoring of construction workers’ blood gas saturation levels. The results of ...

A new Virginia Tech laboratory is testing construction helmets under real-world impact scenarios to improve safety data, but industry leaders caution that ratings should complement—not ...

poses a challenge. Key market players include 3M Co., Alpha Solway Ltd., Centurion Safety Products Ltd., Concord Helmet and Safety Products Pvt. Ltd., DAQRI LLC, Delta Plus Group, Engelbert Strauss ...

25% of all construction fatalities and many life-altering injuries are caused by traumatic brain injuries. In order to make the professionals within the concrete industry safer, the American Society ...