articleMany of us wear hard hats or safety helmets at work to protect our heads and help keep us safe, but do we really understand what can go wrong if we suffer a head impact even while wearing our head protection and what the repercussions may be? Chris Tidy provides an insight.
productDRÄGER HAS donated five HPS Safeguard helmets to a group of firefighters who regularly compete in global firefighter fitness competitions to support their efforts, and promote fitness as a means of furthering firefighter health.
productTHE NEW award-winning ALTA offers all-round impact protection. The mountaineering-style helmet features a specialised shell structure and internal liner to increase durability and shock absorption performance, with an extended nape section for greater neck coverage.
productDRÄGER HAS supported the City of Derry Airport in modernising its suite of personal protection equipment (PPE) and protocols to safeguard its specialist Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) from incident-based safety risk and the risks posed by carcinogens to which they are often exposed.
newsHEALTH AND Safety Matters is partnering with JSP to deliver a CPD webinar on Choosing the Right Helmet: Safety & Standards Explained, which takes place tomorrow on 23 April 2024 at 10:30am (BST)
articleENSURING WORKERS pick up their hard hat and wear it can be a massive challenge. Here, Vanessa Sirima explores the common factors preventing workers using head protection.
articleHEAD PROTECTION offers vital protection but you need to ensure the right helmet is selected for the task, hazard and wearer. Here. Louise Charlton provides an overview of helmet standards.
productTHE NEW EVO ALTA offers all-round impact protection. The mountaineering-style helmet features a specialised shell structure and internal liner to increase durability and shock absorption performance, with an extended nape section for greater neck coverage.
articleWhile the public recognises Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as being face masks, gloves, safety boots and eye safety wear, bizarrely head-worn sports protection is in some instances not regarded as PPE by players, coaches, parents, governing bodies, schools and clubs. Judith McMinn explores why head-worn protection in sport has until now been largely ignored as PPE, and how new, innovative, head-worn PPE can reduce brain injury, against sport’s growing global crisis over concussion and early-onset dementia.
articleIf you spend most of your time on a construction site, you’ll know that hitting your head can be part of the job. Most of the time, it’s minor bumps, but sometimes it can be harder hits. Common accidents can be knocks to the side of the head, falling objects, slips, trips or falls. These can be angled impacts, and angled impacts can create a rotational motion, explains Chris Tidy.
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