Archive for April 23rd, 2009

ACCIDENTS AT WORK: THE HARD-HAT ZONE. WHITE-COLLAR WOES

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

The Hard-Hat Zone When Joseph B. Strauss designed and engineered America’s second-largest bridge across the Golden Gate Strait, he was determined that this San Francisco project would be the safest in bridge-construction history. Local safety equipment manufacturer Edward W. Bullard developed the first “hard hat,” workers were fed a special diet to prevent dizziness, and [...]