Strauss contacted Bullard to request that the Company adapt its hats to protect bridge workers — it was also the first area ever designated as a “hard hat ... went on to design innovative ...

CEO Wells Bullard [Photo: Bullard] Just ask Wells Bullard, CEO and fifth-generation owner of Bullard, the company that invented the hard hat ... what products we can design to help them work ...

But it’s also because for the last half century, the design of the hard hat has hardly changed. That might be an indication that the hard hat is fine as is (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it).

A typical hard hat consists of a plastic outer shell with an inner suspension system made from webbing. Some models include foam padding on the sides and a chin strap. This design is good at ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Have you ever worn a hard hat? Little do many of us know, the history of that tool passes right through the Bay Area and across the Golden Gate. You would know those sounds ...