A long-awaited update to standards for hard hats used in construction and other industries was officially proposed by the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the June 22 Federal Register (77 Fed. Reg. 37,587).
The proposed revision seeks to bring OSHA’s rules in line with current American National Standards Institute standards for hard hats (ANSI Z89.1) adopted in 2009 .
Hard hats in use that were manufactured to ANSI standards issued in 1997 and 2003 will continue to be permitted. According to the notice, OSHA believes “employers will be able to continue to use the same ...
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