Finding the Right Fit For Your Feet in a Dangerous Workplace

When it comes to staying safe on the job, there are plenty of factors that are important to consider. Depending on the job, there are probably the obvious things to watch out for. Watching for moving parts and machines, carefully operating heavy machinery, using the proper equipment and techniques in different operations. But one vital thing that not everyone thinks about, perhaps until they have had the unfortunate experience of wishing they had known better, is wearing steel toe boots. Keeping your feet healthy and functioning as they are meant to will keep you happily mobile for years to come.

Just a few professions that might require workers to wear steel toe boots
There are countless professions, especially those in the heavy machinery industry or those involved in heavy manual work, that might require the use of steel toe boots, whether by law or company regulation, or simply out of common sense. The workers in these professions understand that accidents happen, and rather than be stopped up by those accidents, they can be prepared for them and thus be capable of continuing on in their work should something come falling or crashing onto their toes.

A few places you might find the best steel toe boots
• Construction sites
  
  Construction workers not only work with quite a bit of heavy equipment, but they are often walking around on terrain or materials that their feet would need to be protected from. And an occasional rogue nail shot from a nail gun will surely be better appreciated finding the protected toes of such a boot than flesh and bone.
• Factory floors
  
  There are many different types of factories, and not all factories or sections of factories have dangerous machinery or heavy equipment or parts present. But the ones that do pose a bit of a risk. Proper training is absolutely necessary and in fact usually required. Factories can be loud and the many operations can be distracting or confusing. Should a heavy part fall or be knocked over, it is a good idea to have those toes protected.
• Wildland fires
  Firefighters who battle the biggest, boldest, scariest flames out in forests and wide open plains clearly face quite a bit of danger. But while they are worried about taming those flames and digging lines to stop the fire or change its course, they can’t be worried about stubbing a toe or catching their foot with a tool. They need strong footwear that will also support their feet while they dig in to bring the fire down.

Jobs like these are essential to have the right protective gear. And those who are employed in these professions would surely attest to the necessity of that protective gear, and need for that gear, boots included, to be of the highest quality.

Watching your step by protecting your feet

The right footwear is important for so many jobs. When there are significant risks in the workplace, you need to take the proper precautions to ensure you make it home in one piece at the end of every day. There are boots that can handle up to 75 pounds of pressure from falling objects up to three yards away, and from shorter distances, even as much as several hundred pounds. This is certainly crucial, as the toe bones are considered to be the most fragile bones of the human body. Yes, you will want comfortable boots so that all of the moving around and countless hours on your feet do not become unbearable. But you also want to be sure to protect your feet as well.