The sight is very familiar from movies: a crowd of workers sporting generic yellow construction hard hats. While these old standbys are effective from a safety perspective, it seems like there should be some way of expressing your individuality in the workplace. The solution is custom hard hats. Some of the very finest companies offer them, and as safety hard hats go they're functionally equivalent to or better than the good old yellow ones that have been in circulation for decades.
These days, it's possible to sport anything from football themed Dallas cowboy hard hats to full brim styles that resemble an actual cowboy hat. Full graphics hard hats are increasing in popularity, and in addition to NFL designs, they can be totally personalized with your own company logo or with anything else you'd want to put on a customized design. It's a great way to inject variety and maybe a little humor into the tedium of a day to day job, and freedom of personal expression has also been linked to increased job satisfaction and better emotional health at work.
In addition to the element of personal expression, however, custom styles can also have a functional element. If you want your on-site leaders to be easily visible to the rest of the crew, the best way to do that is to outfit them with something that stands out. Whether it's a lime green hard hat or something more subtle, it's a very quick way for everyone to know who's in charge and who to take questions to. For a long time, the military has used just such a practice and each officer has his rank displayed on his helmet be quickly and easily identifiable in combat situations.
Nowadays, when hard hats are required for anyone even visiting a work site, there's all the more reason to take advantage of the availability of different designs. Make yourself stand out from the crowd and keep yourself safe at the same time. Remember, on a work site, it's always safety first, but why not have a little fun at the same time?
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