Edward W. Bullard invented the hard hat in 1919, then patented it in 1929. It's credited with saving lives on job sites while also becoming a symbol of working-class America.

A new hard-hat design created by a biomechanical engineer and an orthopedic surgeon seeks to virtually eliminate those injuries by completely rethinking what a hard hat does and what it’s made of.

A company started by two scientists has developed a hard hat that will do a better job protecting workers from on-the-job brain injuries. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 9, 2022.) ...

The hard hat is awarded after each game to the player who leads the SU women's basketball team in hustle plays.

Bullard patented the world's first hard hat a century ago. But today, as more workers toil in extreme heat, it's adding new features.

The left-wing, so-called “fact checking” site Snopes worked diligently to spin a story about Joe Biden wearing a construction hard hat backwards during a campaign stop, but the site failed so ...

The Hard Hat Lounge in downtown Las Vegas announced its "re-re-opening" earlier this week, just in time for its one-year anniversary.

Camp Hard Hat is a week-long summer camp run by Livingston Associates that provides students ages 12-15 with an opportunity to gain insight into career opportunities in the construction industry ...

Turning the Milwaukee Hard Hat Light on and selecting a mode is pretty straightforward., but if you notice flashing red and green lights, pay attention.

Fairfax County police believe they’ve figured out the identity of the elusive “hard hat bandit” responsible for a string of bank robberies in the past month.

In Los Angeles, a startup called Daqri has designed a different kind of hard hat: an Android-powered one that's capable of augmented reality. As such, it really looks more like a bike helmet than ...