Abstract: Safety helmet wearing is an effective measure for reducing construction safety accidents. However, the current algorithms for detecting helmet-wearing face several challenges, including high ...

Engineer standing on a construction site overlooking a sprawling highway project, wearing a safety vest and helmet, surrounded by machinery and infrastructure, ultra-detailed. CREDIT: Adobe Stock.

Personnel with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) conducted a construction experiment on South Post at Fort McCoy in mid-September. Jeb Tingle, senior scientific technical ...

Safety helmet manufacturer STUDSON is expanding into the European market as the region adopts the new EN 397:2025 industrial head protection standard. The effort will be led by Fabio Berardi, the ...

Louisiana Tech Construction Engineering Technology (CET) students were awarded a $11,500 grant from the North American Society for Trenchless Technology to attend the 2026 No-Dig Show in Palm Springs, ...

Researchers at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab have unveiled the first construction helmet rating system and are shining a spotlight on the benefits of Type II helmets. The laboratory’s team, led by Lab ...

F1 helmets are built to survive crashes at over 300 km/h combining carbon fiber, aerospace materials, and brutal testing to create the strongest headgear in motorsport. This video breaks down how each ...

A new Virginia Tech laboratory is testing construction helmets under real-world impact scenarios to improve safety data, but industry leaders caution that ratings should complement—not ...

Steve Rowson, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Virginia Tech, directs the university's Helmet Lab. He's pointing to one of the safety helmets his team researched for the safety helmet ...

Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab has released a first-of-its-kind rating system for construction hard hats and helmets that mirrors rankings used for sport helmets. The findings, shared publicly Monday, ...