This information was passed on to us by our safety folks. You might want to check your hardhats if they meet these criteria. > If anyone has purchased full-brim white hardhats produced by Bullard in the > last couple years, please check them for cracks and read the messages > below. > > Thanks. > > Tim Gonzales > Safety & Occupational Health Specialist > Medford BLM > 541-618-2315 > c. 541-261-0059 > > ----- Forwarded by Tim Gonzales/MDFO/OR/BLM/DOI on 03/10/2011 09:03 AM > ----- > > William > Bush/ORSO/OR/BLM/ > DOI To > OR SAFETY > 03/10/2011 08:55 cc > AM > Subject > Fw: White Full Brim Bullard Hard > Hats > > > > > > > > > > Please pass this along to folks who may be in possession of the full-brim > white hardhats produced by Bullard around 2010. There have been incidents > of premature cracking or de-lamination. See the trailing messages below. If > you discover any defective hats, please forward that information to me and > I'll pass it along to Shelby or Buddy (depending on the primary use of the > hardhat). > > Thank you. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Bush > State Office Safety Manager > Oregon & Washington > Bureau of Land Management > Ph: 503.808.6202 > Cell: 503.804.7106 > Fax: 503.808.6421 > email: wb...@blm.gov > Team, > > Please review the trailing emails below and ask your folks for feedback > regarding these hard hats. If you're noting a similar concern on your > units, please let me know so that I may engage Bullard on this issue. > > Thank you, > > Buddy > > Charles "Buddy" Byrd, MPA, CSHM, CHCM > Regional Safety Manager > U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Region 6 (R6) > 333 SW First Ave > PO Box 3623 > Portland, OR 97208-3623 > Office (503) 808-2626 > Cell (503) 713-8676 > Fax (503) 808-6021 >> Eric, I am assuming that you have talked with Shelby and/or Buddy about > this issue, but if not I've included them on this email. I deleted the > attachments because they were so huge it is causing me problems with my > lotus... > > Anyway, I know we've talked about this last year but it is obviously not > resolved. I think there needs to be some type of formal response made to > Bullard by someone in SORO, or the WO since it is seen in other regions. > > I think you should provide photos and information to Shelby and Buddy for a > solution, and possible response to Bullard. I also think Dennis, and/or > you should file a safenet to raise awareness of the issue. If it was me I > would remove all of those hats from use too. My opinions... > > Thanks Eric. -neil > > > > Neil R. Austin > Winema Hotshots > 2819 Dahlia > Klamath Falls,OR 97601 > naus...@fs.fed.us > (541) 885-3460 > FAX (541) 885-3452 > http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/frewin/fire/ihc/index.shtml > > > We found this problem last year on our hard hats. I talked to Dennis > yesterday and theres are showing the delamination much quicker than ours > had. I talked to Bullard and they came back with chemical exposure but I > can honestly say that we didn't expose them to anything. Rogue River also > noticed it on there white ball cap style hard hats and talked to Bullard > and got the same response that they were exposed to chemical. I have been > checking around and it just seams to be in the white Bullard hard hats. > Check your hardhats and let me or Dennis Trentham know if you are seeing > this in any other colors. > > To All > > I have found hairline cracks and de-lamination occurring on two white > full brim Bullard hard hats that were molded on 07/08/2010. One hard hat > was placed in service on 08/2010 and the other was placed in service on > 01/2011. Both hard hats have been taken out of service. We spoke with > Bullard about this problem and sent one of the hard hats back to Bullard > for quality testing. Bullard responded by saying that the hard hat had been > exposed to solvents and that it would be up to us to replace the hard hat > at our own expense. The hard hat has a two year replacement warranty from > time manufacturing. To the best of my knowledge these two hard hats were > not exposed to solvents while in our program that would cause this problem > to occur. I have spoken with Eric Miller Superintendent, Wolf Creek IHC > and was informed that his crew along with Rogue River IHC had experienced > this same issue with white full brim hard hats in 2010. Has anyone else had > an issue with this occurring to this type of hard hat. My feeling at this > time is there is something wrong in the molding process. I would > appreciate any feed back on this matter. I am considering doing a safenet > to document this occurrence. Thanks. See pictures below. > > > [attachment "Bullard Hard Hat 2011 001.jpg" deleted by Neil R > Austin/R6/USDAFS] [attachment "Bullard Hard Hat 2011 002.jpg" deleted by > Neil R Austin/R6/USDAFS] [attachment "Bullard Hard Hat 2011 003.jpg" > deleted by Neil R Austin/R6/USDAFS] > > > Dennis Trentham > Superintendent, Cherokee IHC > Chair, Southern and Eastern IHC Steering Committee > Office# 423-743-5925 > Fax# 423-743-3290 > Cell# 423-220-6593 > dtrent...@fs.fed.us
