This weekend, we witnessed football helmets failing upon impact due to the frigid temperatures. Sadly, these failures were accepted, and play continued! But this brings about the logical question:
How cold can it get before my hard hat (HH) fails when struck by a falling object?
Most HH manufacturers will advertise the maximum temperature at which their HH will provide protection, but they often times do NOT provide a low temperature. There is some data we can learn from; the “temperature testing parameters”…
NOTE: We should NOT rely on a safety device when it is used OUTSIDE of its testing/prooving parameters.