Various Safety Footwear and their feature
Various Safety Footwear and their characteristic (feature)
Safety shoe
Safety boots are used as personal protective equipment. safety footwear is a shoe that considers safety aspects so users are safe from accidental injuries. One of the parts of safety boots is the toe cap. The toe cap is designed to tolerate less than 200 joules of energy and compression of at least 15 kilonewtons so the foot is safe from hazards.
Safety footwear Components
1. Toe cap (metal and non-metal)
2. Outsole
3. Preparatory (vamp,counter, handle, heel, insole,insock and lining)
Safety boots category
All polymer shoes (Fully molded or injection molded)
The specific hallmark of categories
Toe cap
The toe cap is part of footwear that protects the user against more than 200 joules of energy and compression of at utmost 15 kilonewtons.
slip resistance
safety shoes must avoid slipping in different environments and are an important feature of footwear.
The area behind the heel
the back part of the shoes is the area behind the heel.
Antistatic
one way to minimize the electrostatic charges of the environment is by applying antistatic footwear.
some condition antistatic footwear is used is electrocution from electrical devices and electric sparks resulting from flammable substances and vapors. be careful antistatic footwear cannot guarantee complete protection against electric shock and should use other measures simultaneously.
resistance against oil and petroleum solvents
The outsole should resist oil and petroleum, acid solvents.
Heel energy absorber
The impact of the shoe heel should be more than 20 joules.
Waterproof upper
the total area in which the water has penetrated should be at least 3 square centimeters, or after 15 minutes, no water penetration should take place.
resistance against perforation
outsole must have resistance against sharp substances and puncturing.
treaded outsole
The outsole of the shoe must have treads. these treads should be open to the outside of the shoe.
