Common sense of safety shoes

When talking about labor protection articles, we may first think of safety helmets, safety belts and gloves, while safety shoes and protective boots, which are used to protect workers' feet, are often ignored. In fact, when workers use tools, operate machines and carry materials, their feet will contact heavy, hard and angular objects at any time, so that they will be injured by smashing, stabbing or squeezing; On the other hand, if the feet do not stand firmly, the body will lose balance and change the normal working posture, resulting in accidents.

In this way, the safety equipment to protect feet is particularly important.

1、 What are safety shoes

Awareness of safety shoes

Safety shoes are the general term of safety shoes and protective shoes. They generally refer to shoes worn in different working places to protect feet and legs from foreseeable injuries. Safety shoes belong to footwear products with high technical content and high added value. The production process of safety shoes has high requirements for raw materials, auxiliary materials, chemical materials, mechanical equipment, etc. at present, many domestic shoemaking enterprises with a certain scale and grade have set their eyes on the market field of safety shoes, which was previously occupied by developed countries.

According to the meaning of safety shoes, it can be known that it has a variety of protection functions:

1. Anti smashing

2. Puncture prevention

3. Antistatic

4. Oil resistance

5. Antiskid

6. Acid and alkali resistance

7. Insulation

8. Wear resistance

2、 How to choose safety shoes

When choosing safety shoes, you can follow the following 5 points:

A. In addition to selecting the appropriate type according to the operating conditions, protective shoes should also fit and make people feel comfortable. This is very important, and the appropriate shoe size should be carefully selected.

B. The protective shoes should have anti-skid design, which should not only protect people's feet from injury, but also prevent operators from accidents caused by slipping.

C. All kinds of protective shoes with different performance should meet the technical indicators of their respective protective performance, such as toe injury, sole stab injury, insulation and conductivity. But safety shoes are not everything.

D. Before using protective shoes, carefully check or test them. In electrical and acid-base operation, damaged and cracked protective shoes are dangerous.

E. Protective shoes should be kept properly after use. Rubber shoes should be washed with clean water or disinfectant and dried to prolong their service life.

3、 Choose safety shoes correctly

1. Comfort and hygiene

Comfortable safety shoes can improve workers' work efficiency and prevent chronic diseases of feet or legs.

The most important indicators of comfort include that the upper material must meet specific waterproof and breathable standards, the inner material should be easy to absorb sweat, and the smell can be easily dispersed after taking off the shoes.

Other safety features include a well fitting sole design, support for the foot and arch, softness and elasticity, sole pad and heel shock resistance.

2. Durable

The main materials of industrial safety shoes are cow leather or buffalo leather. The sole is usually cast directly into the upper, and the combination effect is quite perfect, which minimizes the phenomena of sole falling off, water seepage or sand dust. The sole has the characteristics of wear resistance, wear resistance and puncture resistance. Therefore, even in the most difficult working environment, it can play the role of safety protection in a fairly durable time.