Factory Processor’s Bump Hat
date: label: date made
content: 2007
label: Associated Date
content: 2007
name: label: used
content: McFarland, Thelma
label: maker
content: Bullard
notes: label: Description
content: The factory inside a large trawler like the <I>Alaska Ocean</I> is filled with equipment for filleting, processing, freezing, and packing enormous quantities of fish. Workers are trained in safety procedures and also wear protective headgear and earplugs as they work. While not required to wear certified safety helmets like the fishermen on the weather deck, they wear bump hats molded from high-density polyethylene for protection from minor bumps and bruises.
label: Description
content: This yellow bump hat was worn by Thelma McFarland, a fish processor, who was working her third season aboard the <I>Alaska Ocean</I> in 2007. She wore it over a disposable hairnet, which covered and held her hair in place, a requirement for maintaining sanitary conditions in the factory. There are typically four factory shifts, and the bump hats are color-coded according to each shift—blue for A, yellow for B, green for C, and orange for D shift. The color-coding allows managers to quickly assess the number of workers that will be needed on extra kicker shifts. The lead managers in each area wear red bump hats.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Alaska
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pacific Coast
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Washington
label: Associated Place
content: North Pacific
label: Associated Place
content: Bering Sea
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: Contemporary United States
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alaska Ocean thru Jeff Hendricks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0178.13
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0178.13
label: accession number
content: 2007.0178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hard hat
label: Object Name
content: bump hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 11 in; 12.065 cm x 18.415 cm x 27.94 cm