Do you know where I can get this for my coal miner?

Question

My husband works in the coal mines underground. He is wanting a MSA approved Underground full brim "turtle" Hard Hat (with the light clip on the front of it)

any one that can help me find a place online to buy one or if any one knows where I can get one locally in or around Harrisburg Illinois it would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Thanks for reading! Serious answers only please!

Answer 1

You can get MSA hard hats online at dozens of places.  Here is just one example:  http://www.hardhats.4ursafety.com/hard-h...

The lights are usually sold separately, so you need to look for a hat that is "slotted."  (The light fits into the slot.)  The same Web page above lists a light that would work this way.  But again, there are many other online sources, so Google "hard hat MSA") and you will see a lot of choices.

If you want to buy locally, one place that definitely carries what you want is Grainger's.  You can find locations in Illinois at this link:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/bra...

But a word of caution about Grainger.  They are only supposed to sell to you if you are a business or buying for a business.  They can get pretty loose about that, and sometimes they don't even ask, but that is supposed to be the rule.  If you walk in with some business cards you made up on your computer that say, "Smith Home Repair / Jane Smith, Proprietor" there is a good chance they will let you buy at Grainger's.  And you can get blank business card stock at any office supply store.

If you want to buy locally but don't want to bother with trying to deal with Grainger's rules, look for an Army Surplus Store or an industrial supply store in your area.  Hard hats are pretty standard items in both kinds of stores.  

But I have to ask:  If your husband works in a mine, doesn't the mine operator supply him with a safety hat?  (OSHA rules would seem to require them to do that.)

Good luck!!  I hope this is helpful.