The invention relates to an intelligent safety helmet applied to substation patrolling and checking and a switching operation, wherein the helmet is composed of a helmet shell, a helmet lining and a chin strap; the helmet shell is composed of a helmet peak, a helmet brim and an integrated circuit cavity; a power switch, a video and audio recording switch, an LED illuminating lamp switch, a laser indicator switch, a loudspeaker, a Micro USB 2.0 interface, a Micro SD card slot, an MIC recording hole and a status indicating light are integrated on the helmet brim; a visible probe, a light-sensingchip module, a master control chip module and a lithium battery are arranged in the integrated circuit cavity; and the visible probe comprises a laser indicator, a camera lens and an LED illuminatinglamp. The intelligent safety helmet provided by the invention has audio and image mode recognition functions, so that substation patrolling and checking and switching operation audio and video records are offered to assist working personnel in reading and recording meter data, and audio prompting and intelligent checking are conducted on a switching operation process.