Osha Hard Hat Update 2024. To better protect its workers from head injuries, the u.s. Department of labor's occupational safety and health administration (osha) announced it is replacing traditional hard hats with more modern safety helmets, in order to protect their.

So, how can you meet osha’s hard hat rules? Osha has specific regulations that require employers to provide hard hats when there are potential head injury hazards in the workplace.