BURBANK - Head injuries, while rare, "are catastrophic when they happen," says James P. Kelly, the neurologist who directs brain injury treatment at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. "(I)f (workers) really knew how useless their traditional hardhats are in a fall, then they wouldn't even wear them at all," he told Engineering News-Record.The biggest danger in a fall is that the helmet will fall off. Kelly and others strongly urge a heavier, bulkier hardhat with increased side impact prote
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