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Construction worker at the Hoover Dam, USA, 1931 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Gotta protect that noggin.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Hoover Dam project was one of the first (the first?) where hard hats were mandatory for workers on-site!

[–] PositiveNoise@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

'Make sure you wear the hard hats, boys. The shirts can go, though, and underwear...yeah, lets skip that as well. You should all be, uh, comfortable'

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

How about the pants as well