articleA head for safety
Head protection is essential on site. When selecting a helmet, make sure it is suitable for the hazards and environment to keep people safe. Louise Charlton provides an insight.
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articleProtect from the top
Many 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.
productSupporting firefighter fitness
DRÄGER 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.
productAward-winning head protection
THE 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.
productCity of Derry Airport prioritises safety
DRÄGER 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.
newsHSM CPD Webinar – Choosing the Right Helmet
HEALTH 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)
articleStay on top
ENSURING 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.
articleGetting your head around helmet standards
HEAD 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.
productHigh performance head protection
THE 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.
articleAhead of the game
While 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.
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