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Boeing goes ahead for safety

From the June 2012 Frontiers magazine:

"It's called the "bump cap", and it represents a small part of a culture of safety that has resulted in Boeing South Carolina employees recently setting a site record of 3.5 million hours without anyone missing time off from work because of an injury.

A big part of staying safe is identifying potential hazards and trends before they can lead to serious injury.

The idea behind the cap came from an Employee Safety Team meeting at the North Charleston site, where the issue was raised that employees were bumping their heads in confined 787 fuselage spaces. Conventional hard hats had been tried and rejected as being too hot and bulky.

The solution?"

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