OK, WTF are "iron slave heads??"

Oldmanmopar said
The bosses at the Bethlehem Steel Company wore the green hard hats. They were the slave drivers. AKA Slave Heads "Watch what your doing here comes a green hat"
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Oh, OK!!! LOL. I'm from the N end of Idaho. Never been "in that environment." But I do understand similarities in "hat color"