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      “ROPS (Roll-Over Protective Structure) and FOPS (Falling Object Protective Structure) are safety features integrated into heavy machinery to protect operators.”

      For everyone else unfamiliar with those acronyms!

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      Could be in and out of the machine often at a site/plant that requires it outside and doesn’t bother to take it off?

      The reality is that it’s probably a photoshoot

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        I think the brand-newness of her clothes and hard hat, as well as full makeup, indicate that it’s a photo shoot and she is not actually an equipment operator.

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        Yup. Beat me to it. In and out, easiest place to keep it, still on your head.

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      You do realize everyone has to wear a hard hat on a construction site by osha safety standards right?

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            If you are talking globally then using a country specific name for it seems confusing

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              But just because you are talking on a global forum doesn’t mean you can’t talk about your personal experience

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                  What do you mean? We’re just describing what we see in the picture and how it compares to our lived experience.

                  Does your country have an osha or can people go to construction sites without hardhats, or do you have a regulating body but hardhats aren’t required / the rules aren’t enforced?

                  Saying OSHA is like saying Kleenex to us, we don’t even realize it is a brand name. It has become the generic term in our en_us language anyway.

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                    You were saying “I hope you realize that OSHA requires it” or whatever and that’s kinda hostile and weird since you don’t even know if they are American/have OSHA so what relevance does your stuff have to them

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          They are above the rules. Unless you’re on one of the cranes with the security cameras

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          I, for one, for sure, would be grateful for the hard hat in a ROPS event. Even a FOPS event.

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          Sure it is a redundant protection but as a longtime journey level construction worker I can tell you you still have to wear a hard hat on construction sites anywhere on site

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                No offense but we just moved from everyone on a construction site needs one to the construction sites in your area needs one.

                I wouldn’t have disagreed with you if you started with that.

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                  I know cal osha requires everyone at all times needs a hard hat on a construction site. I don’t work small private residential cal osha may be more strict on bigger jobs but it is an osha requirement here so I assumed it was a federal osha policy. I know it was definitely covered in my osha 10 and OSHA 30 courses. I was also an instructor for my trade union and this is what is taught in the nationwide union curriculum and yes any heavy equipment we use we have to wear a hard hat while operating nationwide In my trade.

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      I can just imagine it now. Me, in my little hard hat, on a big ol excavator, paying no mind to the ROPS/FOPS overhead, completely safe from all the debris that wants nothing more than to crack open my noggin, excavating to my hearts content!

      Oh what a day that would be!