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Any other time, however, banging your head is downright dangerous and a surefire way to wreck a workers day and rack up unnecessary costs. According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, head and neck injuries are the third highest cause of work-related emergency room visits. Not to mention – a head injury is the most costly injury in terms of workers’compensation with an average cost of over $85,000 . Put those two stats together and you get one very large sum. Most importantly, head injuries can have devastating, life-threatening consequences for workers and their families.  \nThis article, however, aims to address those injuries not necessarily accounted for in the above statistics – the countless bumps, cuts, scrapes and bruises that might not require a hospital visit but still are recordable injuries. Without question, these injuries impact worker productivity, effectiveness, and comfort.  \nHEAD PROTECTION HISTORY  \nSince the invention of the modern hard hat in the early 1900s, companies have sought Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) solutions to help prevent head injuries. Hard hats, with their thick plastic construction and internal suspension, are designed specifically to reduce the effects of object-generated impact such as something falling from overhead and hitting the worker. In applications where these hazards exist, hard hats are often required PPE. Hard hats are not typically required, however, in applications such as aircraft manufacturing and maintenance; heavy equipment and machinery assembly; food and beverage; brewing ; HVAC and electrical work; installation and other jobs where structures overhead pose a threat for workers to“bump” their heads.  \nWhile providing the utmost in protection, hard hats are not without their drawbacks. In order to protect from object-generated impact and to pass tests per national standards, they are required to be thick and heavy. Hard hats often do not breathe well nor are they particularly comfortable. They also are substantially larger than the wearer’s head, making them awkward to navigate tight spaces in.  \nWHEN A HARD HAT WON’T WORK  \nClearly an opportunity exists for a protective product designed to prevent cranial bumps, cuts, scrapes, and bruises caused by the worker initiating the impact with an overhead hazard that also allows them to safely, effectively, and comfortably perform their job tasks. For applications where hard hats are not required or appropriate but protection is still desired or required, workers should wear a bump cap.  \nA bump cap has a hard shell yet is often thinner than a traditional hard hat. Bump caps typically do not have a suspension system and are not required to conform to the same specifications of ANSI, EN or other global hard hat standards. A bump cap maybe as simple in design as a stand-alone plastic shell that looks like a “mini-hard hat,”though these unsophisticated attempts are often uncomfortable, do not breathe, and look oddly out of place.  \nMore recently, bump caps have become available that feature innovative, technical protective shells that are designed to protect workers – while keeping comfort and wear-ability issues in mind. These shells are then paired with a fabric cover (simply stated: a hat) designed to work in tandem with the shell to create a product that not only protects workers but one that they feel good wearing. Caps may come in multiple brim lengths from a traditional baseball style brim to a short “micro-brim” for very tight spaces. Currently there is no standard for the design and performance of bump  \n©2013 TENACIOUS HOLDINGS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL WRONGS REVERSED. 1  \nBANG A GONG; NOT YOUR HEAD: AN ERGODYNE WHITE PAPER  \ncaps in the United States. 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Testing is performed at an accredited laboratory, which issues a compliance certificate, and the cap must be permanently labeled as EN 812-compliant.\"}]","BANG A GONG - NOT YOUR HEAD - AN ERGODYNE WHITE PAPER | PDF",1790051440]