Hard hats

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Millworker

Discussion Starter · Feb 5, 2014

What kind/style do you guys prefer? I switched to a full brim style last year and like it. Also who here still pays attention to the colour of the hard hat?

Years ago when I first started out in my trade a superior told me to toss my brand new yellow hard hat because it meant either temp worker or cleanup guy, gofer and so on. I had no idea about this at the time and just bought the first decent hard hat I had saw which happened to be yellow.

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JR Shepstone

· #2 · Feb 5, 2014

I'm still waiting for my full brim from 3M...

I also heard that gray is OSHA, white is usually a super, etc, etc, etc.

Although with the companies I've been with I've gotten orange, blue, white... I don't think it matters anymore.

I hate yellow because it's like a traffic come on your head.

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Inner10

· #3 · Feb 5, 2014

Hierarchy of hat colours is dead, I wear a cheap plastic one as they are the lightest.

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mrcharles

· #4 · Feb 5, 2014

I like MSA hats the best... I don't wear full brim....A lot of companies give hats their company colors... I have an old Fibre metal hat I sometimes wear.

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JR Shepstone

· #5 · Feb 5, 2014

Inner10 said:
Hierarchy of hat colours is dead, I wear a cheap plastic one as they are the lightest.

Aren't they all plastic? :blink:

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NCMCarpentry

· #6 · Feb 5, 2014

I don't like it when guys who aren't in charge of anything wear white hats. I've known more than a few that like to pretend they are the super/foreman.

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mrcharles

· #7 · Feb 5, 2014

JR Shepstone said:
Aren't they all plastic? :blink:

Fiberglass hats... also some plastic ones are thicker than others

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EmmCeeDee

· #8 · Feb 5, 2014

And on some jobsites pink = visitor wearing a borrowed hard hat.

No one wants to steal em if they are pink.

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KillerToiletSpider

· #9 · Feb 5, 2014

My hard hat is fiberglass.

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Inner10

· #10 · Feb 5, 2014

JR Shepstone said:
Aren't they all plastic? :blink:

There use to be metal ones but I think they got banned. Some are lined with Styrofoam or are thicker heavier material.

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WilsonRMDL

· #11 · Feb 5, 2014

I've had cheap white ones and finally bought a nice msa fiberglass and I love it. They're expensive though

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Jswills76

· #12 · Feb 5, 2014

3m realtree . Helps me stay hidden.

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chewy

· #13 · Feb 5, 2014

I wear an extra large sized MSA plastic non vented V guard with dielectric ear muffs and goggles attached to it, if I'm in the sun or around iron workers I added a velcro canvas neck flap.

If you have a big head I highly recommend the larger sized MSAs, I'm a 7 3/4 hat size and normal ones look idiotic on me and probably aren't that safe.

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wallmaxx

· #14 · Feb 6, 2014

JR Shepstone said:
I'm still waiting for my full brim from 3M...

I also heard that gray is OSHA, white is usually a super, etc, etc, etc.

Although with the companies I've been with I've gotten orange, blue, white... I don't think it matters anymore.

I hate yellow because it's like a traffic come on your head.

I just received mine yesterday. White. Very comfortable!!:thumb up: (and free)

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