Red hard hats indicate firefighters, working to extinguish any sudden blazes. You may also see red-hatted fire marshals ...

During the 2004 season, the Hard Hat took on a new significance. On March 17, George Boiardi ’04 was struck in the chest with a ball shot by a Binghamton player and died on Schoellkopf Field.

Edward W. Bullard invented the hard hat in 1919, then patented it in 1929. It's credited with saving lives on job sites while also becoming a symbol of working-class America.

This is where the blue hat workers come in. Workers wearing ... that's a job for the red-hatted workers. Red hard hats indicate ... If you see a worker on a job site with a white hard hat, ...