The future of employee safety requires a more holistic point of view. Today, when thinking about safety footwear, it is essential to consider comfort and fit along with protection against common hazards like slips, trips, falls and puncture wounds. After all, uncomfortable footwear can also increase the rate of injury or cause injury itself. Extreme fatigue, blisters, shin splits and more can be detrimental to worker productivity and job satisfaction just like other more commonly thought of injuries.
Fortunately, recent innovations in safety footwear leverage new materials and development methods for added options that work well in fit, form and function. Above all, innovative safety footwear is now lighter than ever while remaining tough. Below is an overview of advancements in safety footwear to consider in addition to the normal specifying criteria.