Change Management for PPE: A Blueprint for Converting from Hard Hats to Climbing-Style Helmets0

• Best Practices, Risk Management, Safety
• June 22, 2021

By Jessica Price, Kent Companies, Inc. Would you believe the iconic construction hard hat is over 100 years old? The E.D. Bullard Company manufactured the first “hard boiled” hat from canvas, glue and black paint in 1919. It was shellacked for strength and had an inner suspension system to distribute the force of potential impacts.