Was working on a major construction site this week and had to wear a hard hat as part of the site rules.

All had to wear one apart from one who was a Seikh. He was exempt from wearing one as he wore a turban on his head.

Maybe next time I'm there I'll wear a crown of thorns on my head and see what they say to that.

My point is is that the wearing of hats etc is a safety measure to protect the employee and no-one should be exempt from this whether religious or not.

Chip.

 

Don't get me started

 

We have hard hats at work (used as bump hats) and for sikh visitors there are the 'shells' without the innards. For health and safety we are legally supposed to give everybody a hat before they enter.
Bex

 

the theory is that the hair bound up in the turban offers sufficient protection for "moderate risk" sites. if it is a high risk site, the seikh guys shoud be made to wear hard hats too. anyway - i dunno what you are complaining about, it isn't a privilege to have a brick embedded in your skull.

 

Seikh's are also exempt from having to wear crash helmets. Whats your point chip? Are you seikh? No. If they dont wont to wear one, because their religon forbids them from removing their turban thats their choice and their lookout.
You are not a seikh so you wear one. You talk some ****e sometimes.

 

ok, i think i'll start a religion. my religion forbids me from doing less than 100mph on the highway. it also forbids me from paying tax, and in fact being subject to any law enforcement. that's my choice and my lookout.

NOW do you see what he's getting at?

 

no. not in the least. did you read my post, btw? it explains the rationale behuind the seikh exemption on low to moderate risk sites.

apart from anything else, by not wearing a hard hat you place no-one at risk other than yourself. not so in the case of any of the hypothetical examples that you pose in your "religion".

 

how old is your "new" religion? Minutes? Hours?

We are were we are, accept it and move on, life's to short.

 

doesnt that also apply to motorcycles
ie: they dont have to wear a skid lid on them as well?

bunched up hair doesnt protect against bike crashes lol

 

I don't think we'll go there thank you