The importance of wearing safety shoes

Labor protection equipment refers to a kind of defensive equipment necessary to protect the personal safety and health of workers during the production process. It plays a very important role in reducing occupational hazards. If people do not wear safety helmets and suffer accidental injuries, since the head is injured, it is likely to cause serious injury or even death. However, if people do not wear protective shoes, the injuries will be much lighter in comparison. Less likely to be life-threatening. It is for this reason that the correct wearing of labor protection shoes is often ignored by workers. According to the operation supervisor of a safety shoe material factory, when a colleague went to the construction site to inspect, he found that many workers were wearing sneakers or even slippers. According to regulations, workers at construction sites must wear safety shoes that protect their toes according to work needs to avoid being crushed by hard objects or poking their feet with metal objects.

If you want safety shoes to fully exert their protective functions, you must pay more attention to their selection, use and maintenance. Before choosing, we must first understand the main hazards that cause direct or indirect injuries to employees’ feet:
1. Touched by hard, rolling or falling objects.
2. The sole or body of the shoe is pierced by a sharp object.
3. Being cut by sharp objects or even tearing the skin.
4. The venue is lubricated and falls.
5. Contact with chemicals, molten metal, high and low temperature surfaces.
6. When working in an environment full of flammable gases, if the release of static electricity is not handled properly, it can become a source of ignition at any time and cause an explosion. In addition, the conductivity of feet can also affect the level of electric shock hazard when employees come into contact with electrical equipment.

At present, the more common protective shoes include anti-smash safety shoes, insulating shoes, anti-static and conductive shoes, steel-making shoes and shoe covers, cold-proof shoes, etc. In addition, there are also heat-insulated soles suitable for road construction workers, and soles suitable for construction workers. Reinforced, protective shoes with moisture-proof soles suitable for food and wine workers. The functions of protective shoes are mainly set for the working environment and conditions. They generally have the functions of anti-slip, anti-puncture, and anti-extrusion. In addition, they also have specific functions, such as anti-conductivity, anti-corrosion, etc.