Witte helm

Description

Helmets protect workers' heads and are an essential part of a miners work equipment. But the hardhats also had another more subtle function next to providing safety: Every mining company had its own colour system for indicating their workers' position. White helmets for example were ony worn by supervisors. This is a helmet formerly worn by supervisors in the [Oranje-Nassau Mines](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranje_Nassau_Mijnen). Different colours indicated different roles within the company: Yellow helmet: Coal miner Red helmet: Techinician Blue helmet: Electrician White helmet: Supervisor <a href="https://ibb.co/ZBn2Gnm"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/2vDZWDN/IMG-20200106-152934-1.jpg" alt="IMG-20200106-152934-1" border="0"></a> Location: [Nederlands Mijnmuseum](http://https://www.nederlandsmijnmuseum.nl/) in Heerlen Created by: Theresa, Geulen