Funny cuz the snopes guy never wore a hard hat. Some hats have brims front and back to protect the wearers neck in the back. snopes calls it a bill. the tightening knob is always on the back.
For most of them it is difficult to put the hat on the head with that knob on your forehead and looks funny as hell. To change the orientation you have to pull out the liner band and reinstall it the reverse direction. The only ones at the yard who wear their hats “frontwards” are superintendents and the few who have 360 degree visors.