The 2018 collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida served as a headgear wake-up call for Scott Greenhaus. A 40-plus-year veteran of the construction industry, he was working with his team to install a post-tensioning system when the bridge collapsed. It killed five motorists and one team member and left the job’s superintendent with a traumatic brain injury. “When we got to the site, we noticed their hard hats were all lying on the ground where the structure came to rest,” said Greenhaus, co-founder of the advocacy group Hats to Helmets. “So we looked into it and said, ‘Wow, … Read more
Lab Releases First-Ever Ratings for Construction Helmets
Filed under: eNews, Industry NewsTagged with: American National Standards Institute, American Society of Concrete Contractors, Association of Union Constructors, Construction Safety, Helmet Lab, Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Virginia Tech Helmet Lab




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