How do you accommodate religious freedom for wearing a turban when a hard hat is required on the job?

We currently have people from India coming over on visas to help build a plant. We have an individual that came this week and he wears a turban. We require everyone to wear steel toed boots, safety glasses and a hard hat. This person cannot wear the hard hat because of the turban and will not take off the turban due to religious preference. Since he will not wear the hard hat, can I restrict him only to work in certain areas where a hard hat would not be required?

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Submitted 109 days ago...

jim5456

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That is exactly what you do other wise you put your self and your company at risk and subject to fines and law suits this is a safety issue not a religious one he can always glue his turban to his hard hat besides he was or should have been briefed on procedures to work at the plant before he came here personally i would ship his ass back

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