Quality of a safety shoe
Individual protection that requires appropriate equipment begins with safety shoes, because the safety and health at work of the worker begins with the well-protected feet. The worker's productivity would be considerably reduced if he had to worry about always being very careful where to step.
Well-protected toes, ankles protected from possible shocks and the soles of the feet not at risk of being punctured, burned or freezing motivate the worker to give his all in his task, confident that is to stand well on his feet. If the shoes he wears enhance his sex appeal because the design gives him elegance, the work can only please him.
Every profession has its own safety shoes
Comfort, lightweight and breathability are the standard qualities that safety shoes must have. Well suited to the morphology of the foot, the safety shoes for women and men must inspire the greatest reliability in view of the dangerousness of the different professions. If in the oil or petroleum sector where there is a risk of spillage, shoes benefit from including anti-slip soles, in the electrical trades shoes should be anti-static. So there are many benefits to wearing safety shoes.
Set standards for safety shoes
As each job has its share of constraints and possible dangers, the standards established to protect workers have been designed to respond to the threats they face. The risks to which they are exposed are of various nature: falling materials, electric shock, chemical spillage, thermal exposure, mechanical movement, etc.
Generally speaking, the safety shoe includes, depending on the trade in question, several of the arrangements listed below:
- - a shell end to protect against falling objects
- - an anti-slip sole
- - a sole reinforced with anti-perforation material
- - a design that allows ankle support to avoid the risk of sprain
These characteristics are codified by the texts in force for the protection of the worker and the standard is worded in a series of numbers to which reference is made to identify the type of safety shoe.
Maintenance of safety shoes
In order for the safety shoe to be effective over a long period of time, some gestures and certain habits must be adopted:
- - good personal hygiene to ensure the comfort and integrity of the foot,
- - always equip the shoe with a removable insole appropriate to the situation: antifungal, antifungal, antibacterial, etc.
- - maintenance of the shoe by cleaning both the inside and the outside
- - store shoes in a place away from heat and humidity.