Shoe safety

[cadpoint]

What are all the requirements for work safety shoes?

There's two ASTM spec'd numbers one for something electraical and the toe protection!

Am I missing something ?

 

[sabatini]

shoe safety

shoe safety

Hi,
They keep the feet safe from sharp objects. It is common for protective shoes to have metallic parts for impact shielding, and with all the other components, they create an impression of weight. In fact, so many old types of protective boots are quite bulky and cumbersome. But shoemakers have already answered the woes of wearers by developing shoes that are made of lightweight materials. If you heard something about toe protection not entirely covering all the toes, that is not really a bad thing because some protective steel or metal covers the big toe and the next after because these are the ones usually injured.

 

[zog]

What are all the requirements for work safety shoes?

There's two ASTM spec'd numbers one for something electraical and the toe protection!

Am I missing something ?

There are many things to consider here. Leather shoes are required for arc flash protection for most levels. Rubber soled shoes have been required for 30 years for all electrical workers exposed to energized parts by OSHA.

Dielectric overshoes are required for workers exposed to step potentials and have the same class ratings and testing requirements as gloves.

And there is the EH rating from the ASTM standard. These do not really have a voltage rating (Although there are testing requirements for the shoe to carry the EH rating).

If you have a more specific question I can expand on any of those requirements.

 

[Chev]

2009 NFPA 70E 130.7(C)(13)(d)
Foot Protection. Heavy Duty leather work shoes provide some arc flash protection to the feet and shall be used in all tasks in Hazard/Risk Category 2 and higher and in all exposures greater than 4 cal/cm?.

Hope this helps

 

[billsnuff]

from Occupational Health and Safety

from Occupational Health and Safety

Good Foot Protection Revolves Around Common Sense

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2003/09/good-foot-protection-revolves-around-common-sense.aspx

 

[cadpoint]

Thanks for all the comments and the reading material, EH is what I?m required to have, I frankly was a liitle put out to see the ?Shoes? and ?styles? and all that can be built into today?s shoes!

This has frankly been cleared up and I?m going forward! Thanks Again?

 

[zog]

Thanks for all the comments and the reading material, EH is what I?m required to have, I frankly was a liitle put out to see the ?Shoes? and ?styles? and all that can be built into today?s shoes!

This has frankly been cleared up and I?m going forward! Thanks Again?

Just to be clear, the EH rating is not required by any standard, just a good recommendation. Now if your employer wants to require them that is up to them, actually a good idea. But the EH rating does not change anything about how you do work, simply an extra safety measure.

 

[wtucker]

I frankly was a liitle put out to see the ?Shoes? and ?styles? and all that can be built into today?s shoes!

A word about comfort: Shoes are built based on a form called a "last," that's the shape of a foot. But, as you might expect, feet are shaped differently--different arch shapes, etc. If you dig into a safety shoe's manufacturer's brochures, you can often tell which last a shoe is built on. So, if you find a shoe that fits you well (a 6" boot, for example), another shoe of a different style (an oxford) will fit you just the same if it's built on the same last.

The other consideration is the safety toe. There's a big difference between steel and composite when you're outdoors in the winter. But the impact and compression ratings will be on the label on the shoe's tongue.

 

[krisinjersey]

This morning

This morning

I got nailed for this this morning. And as a typical knee jerk reaction found 2 different pairs of boots online that are both EH and Composite toe. Red Wing makes the 2235 which will run you about $125.00 and Wolverine makes the W02292 at about the same. We run into saftey inspectors for the government who do a whole lot of telling you what they want, but couldn't put half that into productive practice. They don't give us an ASTM spec, just an "I want you to have boots like this." And so you do what the man wants rather than swim upstream.

 

[gadfly56]

I got nailed for this this morning. And as a typical knee jerk reaction found 2 different pairs of boots online that are both EH and Composite toe. Red Wing makes the 2235 which will run you about $125.00 and Wolverine makes the W02292 at about the same. We run into saftey inspectors for the government who do a whole lot of telling you what they want, but couldn't put half that into productive practice. They don't give us an ASTM spec, just an "I want you to have boots like this." And so you do what the man wants rather than swim upstream.

Picatinny Arsenal?

 

[krisinjersey]

Uhoh

Uhoh

Am I going to regret saying yes?

 

[gadfly56]

Am I going to regret saying yes?

Naaah, I used to live in Wharton and worked at Hercules (now defunct) in Kenvil (and yes, I worked there during the Big Bang). There aren't a whole lot of government facilities in northern New Jersey spending bucks on safety inspectors. Are you getting your work through Chugach or going direct?