Coloured Hard Hats

About Coloured Hard Hats

Ensuring the safety of workers in any industrial environment is incredibly important. Coloured hard hats help workers quickly recognise other personnel (such as visitors and managers) and their responsibilities on site, improving efficiency and safety.

This key form of PPE is mandatory for work on most sites across the UK, and colours are relatively standardised across different industries. Build UK sets hard hat colour guidelines for the construction industry in the UK, clearly stating the four colours that should be used, and those that aren’t allowed on site. The rail industry uses just two colours, blue and white, to distinguish between workers, and factories, marine, and other industries (like oil rigging) have site-specific hard hat colour codes.

The most common colours include white, black, blue, and orange, each serving a distinct purpose in the workplace. Hard hat stickers can also be added to identify roles, like green stickers for first raiders and red stickers for fire marshals in the construction industry. When choosing the best helmet for you, consider your site-specific hard hat colour code. This will ensure that workers are familiar with the colours of helmets worn by other staff members on-site and can quickly locate colleagues when needed.