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FREEDGUY 
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 6:14pm |
I've been working with a flooring contractor that has multiple projects on commercial buildings. Hard hats are required before entry on these projects and my contractor loaned me one. My question is , WHAT IN THE HELL will these gallon milk jugs protect a person from   ??
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 6:52pm |
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Just put the hard hat on, and leave it on anytime you are on the job site. Depending on the other trades working around you, someday you will glad you have that on your noggin.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:03pm |
That reminds me...
What kind of a snake wears a hard hat?
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:07pm |
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Copperhead?
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:09pm |
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Hiss-terical! 
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:16pm |
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Personal Protective Equipment or PPE consisting of steel or composite toed shoes,safety glasses and hard hat is a OSHA requirement on most job sites. HI VIZ clothing is also being enforced along with hearing protection. I have had many hours of PPE training working for MDOT and The Andersons Plant Nutrient Group. Some jobs such as handling Anhydrous Ammonia is in a person's best interest to pay attention during training!
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:43pm |
look up on YOU TUBE and see what a "HAT" does... Its not decorations... I have seen some take a heck of a BLOW and the wearer was OK.......... EXCELLENT design.
Tell your buddy to smack you up the side of the head with a hammer and see how it helps !! |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:59pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
look up on YOU TUBE and see what a "HAT" does... Its not decorations... I have seen some take a heck of a BLOW and the wearer was OK.......... EXCELLENT design.
Tell your buddy to smack you up the side of the head with a hammer and see how it helps !! |
Be sure to have someone video it...
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 8:00pm |
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Steve,I have seen men smack each other on the Hard Hat with a hammer to prove they work! Safety man at MDOT would check the hard hats for cracks or breaks. If he found one he took the power saw and cut it in two and told the wearer to get a new one! This is the same guy cutting trees in a bucket truck that cut a limb too long and it fell and hit the deck of the truck smashing a brand new chain saw! He actually wasn't safe to be around but got the Safety man position because nobody else wanted it and he had seniority!
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 8:05pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
look up on YOU TUBE and see what a "HAT" does... Its not decorations... I have seen some take a heck of a BLOW and the wearer was OK.......... EXCELLENT design.
Tell your buddy to smack you up the side of the head with a hammer and see how it helps !! |
Slurp down a few beers first.
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 8:50pm |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 9:28pm |
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They also must be replaced from time to time as have an expiration date.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 4:39am |
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Is a date code under the brim on MSA and Bullard hard hats. Spec is four years from that code for UV damage impact stress etc
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 6:38am |
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People think because a W Section is going to kill you anyway, what's the point. Well, let me drop a bolt on your head from 30 feet up, and see how it feels. They provide a LOT of protection! Can even prevent you being snagged by a stray fish hook.
Edited by Tbone95 - 03 Mar 2022 at 6:38am
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 7:07am |
Freed, get one like this, it will provide you with all your needs.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 7:08am |
FREEDGUY wrote:
I've been working with a flooring contractor that has multiple projects on commercial buildings. Hard hats are required before entry on these projects and my contractor loaned me one. My question is , WHAT IN THE HELL will these gallon milk jugs protect a person from ?? |
It’s called big government. What will it protect you from? An ass chewin and a fine to start.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 7:10am |
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One definite thing that wearing a hard hat will help protect you from is, not getting kicked off the job site because ding dongs like you.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 7:52am |
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Have a 30 foot tape measure fall off a 10 foot step ladder on your head and it will change your mind . Seen an electrician leave a cordless drill on a tall step ladder with a 1/4 " bit in it . Someone on the jobsite bumped it and the drill landed with the bit pointing down stuck 2 inches in the subfloor. Usually don't wear mine unless some overhead work is going on but one can never be too careful
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 9:23am |
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you guys saying that the 60 year old aluminum featherlite pith style hard hat i wear aint legal, its polished to the hilt and has a newer haed gear
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 10:01am |
HudCo One like this? Old one from oilfield days. In good shape and keeps the noggin from getting dinged on certain projects arond the farm! 
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 10:41am |
Hud and Phil you got me on memory lane with that style hat.Friend, neighbor, mentor, landlord, always wore one of that style. I believe his was made of fiberglass as he was also the telephone lineman for the old local phone company, before Ma Bell bought it all up.
He took a bit kidding but always kept with it saying how many bumps on the head it saved him.
The day we laid him to rest one neighbor came up with a new yellow hard hat for all the pallbearers to wear. Very fitting for a kind generous gentleman.
So Freeguy even if your head has nothing needing protection, just do it to safe the boss man headaches that only the hat on your head can save him from. Been several times I sure wished my cowboy hat had been one those hard hats ones.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 12:13pm |
HudCo wrote:
you guys saying that the 60 year old aluminum featherlite pith style hard hat i wear aint legal, its polished to the hilt and has a newer haed gear |
Well I don’t know how the rules apply to metal lids. But the materials used now do age and become less effective according to OSHA or the manufacturer
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 12:24pm |
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Metal lids can still be used in Forrestry and Oil Field to my knowledge. They are gradually becoming replaced by composite and plastic.OSHA mandates no aluminum hard hat where electrical distribution for a known reason! Then you never know when somebody turns into a crispy critter!
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:29pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
look up on YOU TUBE and see what a "HAT" does... Its not decorations... I have seen some take a heck of a BLOW and the wearer was OK.......... EXCELLENT design.
Tell your buddy to smack you up the side of the head with a hammer and see how it helps !! |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:33pm |
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well idiot... you looked at the wrong place.. I have seen many helmets hit on the side, above center and help quite a bit........... YOU have never worn one... so YOU would not know.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:34pm |
Pat the Plumber CIL wrote:
Have a 30 foot tape measure fall off a 10 foot step ladder on your head and it will change your mind . Seen an electrician leave a cordless drill on a tall step ladder with a 1/4 " bit in it . Someone on the jobsite bumped it and the drill landed with the bit pointing down stuck 2 inches in the subfloor. Usually don't wear mine unless some overhead work is going on but one can never be too careful |
The dumbasses that left tools on top of a ladder should have been TERMINATED on the spot, REGARDLESS of union affiliation !!!!
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:38pm |
and i REALLY recommend you try the HAMMER TO THE HEAD for a "TEST"... dont see how it could effect your mental capacity !!
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:40pm |
The dumbasses that left tools on top of a ladder should have been TERMINATED on the spot
YEA... thats going to do a LOT OF GOOD as you stand there will a drill buried 2 inches into YOUR HEAD !! The hat is PREVENTATIVE MAINT !!!
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:49pm |
[QUOTE=steve(ill)] The dumbasses that left tools on top of a ladder should have been TERMINATED on the spot
YEA... thats going to do a LOT OF GOOD as you stand there will a drill buried 2 inches into YOUR HEAD !! The hat is PREVENTATIVE MAINT !!! [/QUOTE Well Stevie, the OP never said the size of drill bit,did he ?? The milk jug I was given would NOT stop a "spear" of less than 3/4" from a height of 10', best case from that impact would be the headband shearing off both ears from the side of my head !! BTW, check your spelling !!! |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 5:53pm |
YEP.... I would RECOMMEND that YOU not wear a helmet... Like i said, any BLOW sure will not HURT your head !
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