But in 1919, Edward D. Bullard of San Francisco, California developed the first hard hat, basing it on the Doughboy helmet he wore as a soldier in World War I. The helmet was made of canvas, glue, and ...

Frustrated with how dysfunctional their helmets were, a group of Special Operations veterans designed a better helmet and built their own helmet company. Those veterans established Hard Head Veterans ...

Americans across the board need more education into the prevention of concussions, especially how hard hats and helmets can help prevent such injuries. Consumer-survey company Nielsen was ...

One of the technological advances with helmets and hard hats is the Multi-directional Impact Protection System (MIPS), which is also the name of the company in Sweden producing the helmet systems.