Work Safety & Toe Protection

Arc Flash Preventative Footwear

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is not only the safe consideration for your personal safety, it is mandated by OSHA as well.
Those who work around or with electricity must be properly trained not only in their work-related tasks, but in the proper use, care, and application of Personal Protective Equipment. Electrical hazards require the worker to have head-to-toe protection, including hard hats, face shields, flame resistant neck protection, ear protection. Also, they should be outfitted with flame resistant work suits, insulated rubber gloves preferably with leather protectors, and insulated leather footwear.

All materials must be metal-free, to avoid the possibility of Arc flash, whereby a fault creats an electrical contact with the worker.

Since most employers now also require that their workers must also have steel toe protection, this creates another potential hazard whereby the steel toe cap itself could be the arc flash hazard.

Advances in materials and technology have introduced the Composite toecap footwear as an alternative to steel toe cap protection. Many current safety footwear manufacturers offer this style of protection, and it is now also available in an over-the-shoe rubber galosh version for those workers who may have difficulty wearing an over-the-sock toecap product. The over-the-shoe non-metallic Composite toecap product is encapsulated in rubber, thus providing an additional insulator against grounding.

Safety should be and is first and foremost in the workplace environment, but it is also important that the workers be as comfortable as possible in thier PPE so that it in itself is not a distraction to their work performance.

Learn to use, understand, and protect your PPE in the workplace so that it is safe for everyone.

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