Technical Meeting – Hard Hats to Helmets
October 9 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
October 9, 2024
St. Pete Yacht club
5:30pm networking
6:00pm Presentation by Scott Greenhaus.
Cost: $55 Members, $60 Non-Members, Gold and Platinum Sponsors use their discount code at registration.
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Event Description:
The traditional hard hat has been essentially the same for the past 60 years. Helmets offer superior protection for construction workers. Traumatic Brain Injuries are responsible for 25% of all construction fatalities, and many life altering injuries. These safety helmets are inspired by the best features of hard hats for construction and head protection for sports such as rock climbing and cycling. They incorporate energy-absorbing liners, and other technologies to ensure the head is better protected from impact. Concrete repair activities expose the workforce to significant risk of head injuries. Helmets can help the construction industry reduce these avoidable fatalities and injuries.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the history of the hard hat
- Understand the technical and regulatory differences between hard hats and helmets.
- Overcoming objections to the change from hard hats to helmets—”myth busting”
- Hear Lifesaving stories
Bio of Presentation:
Scott is currently a Sr. Advisor with Structural Group a construction technology and service provider specializing in concrete repair, strengthening, protection and new construction products, systems and services throughout the United States and the Middle East. Scott graduated with degrees in Civil Engineering and an MBA from the University of Maryland and has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Structural Group headquartered in Columbia MD. Mr. Greenhaus is Chairman of the University of Maryland Engineering Board of Visitors and has been on the Board of Directors of the Post-tensioning Institute (PTI), International Concrete repair Institute (ICRI) and American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) and served as the Director of the ASCC Safety and Risk Management Council. He is also a member of ASCE, ACI, ANS, and ASSE. Mr. Greenhaus was also the past president of PTI and has chaired many committees in these trade and technical associations.