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advantages became obvious to everyone and now purchasing LED bulbs is the new normal, having a green impact to boot.
Perhaps safety helmets will follow the path of LED bulbs, becoming the new normal in industrial head protection, admired for its long-term protective advantages for both the worker and the company.
What’s Next for the Safety Helmet?
Increased awareness about the advantages of safety helmets will lead to more demand and growth for this product. Grandview Research reports that “the safety helmet market was valued at USD 1.8 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of five percent to reach USD 2.72 billion by 2027.”
Futuristic technologies will continue to revolutionize head protection by turning safety helmets into a “wearable smart device,” complete with wireless connectivity and power management technologies. These innovations will allow workers to connect with a remote command center via sensors, camera, and microphones. A smart helmet’s remote communications and the ability to push a single button for help will improve job safety, productivity, activity tracking and provide the location of the worker should an emergency arise.
Another technological advance in head protection is the Multi-directional Impact Protection System (MIPS). By using a low-friction layer of polycarbonate plastic, MIPS allows the head to move inside the helmet, which reduces the rotational motion. The low-friction layer allows a sliding motion in any direction. When that rotational motion is redirected, the risk of brain tissue strain is reduced. This is important because construction accident impacts often occur with rotational motion, and our brains are about six to seven times more sensitive to rotational motion than to linear impacts.
Build it Better—
Protect Workers Better
Construction pros try to build better every day to build our communities and roads and to restore our crumbling infrastructure. They play a big role in our lives, and they deserve better head protection—the kind that protects them from injuries at the top,
back and side of the head. Construction work is demanding work. It’s physical. It’s dangerous. It’s hot and sweaty. It’s tough. And it’s rough out there.
Don’t let your construction site turn into a risky business for your work crews. Protect your crew with the best PPE and don’t compromise on head protection. When you make the switch to safety helmets, you’ll reduce traumatic brain injuries, save lives, and experience long- term cost savings from reduced accidents
and insurance claims. It’s a no-brainer because protecting the head with safety helmets is the safer solution.
Mary Padron is a senior marketing and communications specialist at Radians, a top-tier PPE manufacturer with an extensive line of PPE for men and women, including safety helmets, work gloves, hi- vis apparel, vision and hearing protection, tether products, FR workwear, and more. www.radians.com
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