GAT Safety Steel Toe Shoes

Why Important safety shoes?

1. Prevention from Slips and Falls

Slips, trips and falls are a very common occurring. All too often the workforce deployed have to work on wet or oily floor, thus making them very prone to tripping. Protective footwear comes equipped with slip-resistant soles and provide stable footing to move about these unfloors.

2. Protects feet from punctures

During the course of working, workers usually step on sharp objects that can prick their feet. At times, they get struck by objects falling from above. In such situations, shoes with heavy-duty soles and thick materials provide a protective encasing to their feet and keeps them safe from the mayhem of mishaps.

3. Prevention from falling objects

Crushed feet, broken and lost toes are a few fatalities that are reported on a regular basis by those associated in fishing construction and logging industries. Safety Shoes usually come equipped with toe caps of different make (steel, aluminum and composite) that act as a shield to the feet and prevents your feet from the consequences of crushing injuries.

4. Protection from Electrical Hazards

Electricity poses a big risk in the workplace especially to those working in this sector. Normal shoes cannot provide the desired type of protection that workers from this field seek. To protect the workforce from electrical shocks, safety shoes are made from non-conductive materials like rubber and leather. A well thought out investment in a pair of boots for longer periods of protection is always a good idea.

5. Safeguards the feet from cold and wet weather condition

Cold weather can lead to injuries such as frost bite and hypothermia that cannot be overlooked in the workplace. People who work outside in extreme weathers are always at risk of getting under the radar of these extremities and need to look after their protection.