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Posted By alan bradley
Does anyone have any experience of the use of a bump cap instead of a safety helmet? I am particularly interested in whether they are legal if used in confined and awkward situations such as under scaffold or when working close to the underside of a concrete floor to install equipment etc.
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Posted By Philip Roberts
Alan,
I work in the train maintenance industry and we use bump caps without peaks when working under trains because of restricted space and there is a possibility to bump heads on solid trains. We use hard hats when working with cranes and hoists where there is a possiblity of falling objects. PPE needs to be suitable for the task in hand and a risk assessment is required to establish the requirements. I don't think there is any legal requirement other than "Suitable"
Regards
Phil Roberts
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Posted By Anita Parkinson
Alan, we also use bump caps when working where there is a risk of collission with soild objects, but we use safety helmets when a risk of falling objects has been identified. Anita
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Posted By Peter MacDonald
Alan
I used these bump caps successfully on a number of specialist jobs. Working within cleanrooms we had a suspended ceiling in which a trough in the ceiling grid was filled with a gel. The work involved working off a zip up scaffold where the operative's shoulders where above the horizontal line of the grid. The restricted space between grid members and need to bend between grid sections meant a hard hat was impractcable. It either fell off or was knocked off. A bump cap was ideal for the job and as there was little risk from overhead hazards within the cleanroom (other than bumping the head off the grid or supporting droprods). I used this successfully in Isreal, France and the Netherlands but not in the UK where usually the paranoid over zealous interpretation of safety law by the safety manager prohibited there use.
Peter
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Posted By Brett Day
I used to work in stage sound and lighting, the biggest problem was the crew in the rigging gouging lumps out thier heads from bolts and edges of the gel holders, bump caps are perfect for this.
Hard hats are a definte no no for us but so many H&S managers at venues used to kick up about it, often not realising that in that environment a hard hat can actually be a hazard !!!
As previously mentioned PPE should be appropriate - what are the injuries that can be sustained, what level of protection is needed and what injuries can be sustained if the wrong PPE is used ?
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Posted By Gavin
As always, the starting point is the risk assessment. Beyond that, a CE approved bump cap is acceptable if it addresses the risk, however remember that it is specifically designed to protect against 'bumps', rather than protection against falling objects.
Regards
Gavin
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