0 a hat made of a strong substance that is worn by workers to protect their heads --
1 a hat made of a strong material which is worn to protect the head esp. of someone who builds buildings --
2 a type of hat that is made of a strong material to protect the head, worn especially by people on building sites or in factories: --
3 a person whose job is to do physical work in the building industry: --
Hard hats around the country are increasingly busy setting I-beams and rivets on new towers, warehouses, industrial parks, and retail space.
I have already been lobbied by a number of people with specific experience which demonstrates how a hard hat could have prevented serious injury or death.
All the children were required, for example, to wear a hard hat.
It pays better to wear a hard hat instead of a soft one.
However, some adults never wear a hard hat and, indeed, actually hate wearing them.
We have been told of the dangers of allowing a child to ride without wearing a hard hat.
It includes a hard hat for wearing at the scene of incidents when there is a risk of head injury.
There are many pits where the hard hat is universally used, and we are now beginning to see the effect.
Wearing a hard hat will reduce pain, suffering and disability.
