protective headgear
Skull-shielding equipment worn
Protective headgear is any covering worn to shield the head from injury.
The term encompasses helmets, hard hats, and similar equipment across contexts—construction sites, sports, combat, cycling.
Workers must wear protective headgear at all times.
The phrase is functional rather than specific, appearing in safety regulations and product descriptions.
- hard hatProtective headgear for worksites
- hard hat areaSite mandating head protection
- welding helmetProtective headgear for metalwork
- football helmetProtective athletic headgear
- batting helmetProtective headwear for hitters
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