[SML] steel toe boots (was: AB5 Safety Glove Mark VIII)

[Riter, Andrew]

Two stories, not mine (fortunately):

1)  co-worker, on another job site, had the lift of the 5-ton truck flip itself open onto his booted foot.  Unfortunately, the steel hit further up his foot, than the toe protected, breaking the bone(s?) on the top of the foot.

2) long ago, a different co-worker was riding his motorbike.  A parked car pulled out into him.  The point of impact was his foot and the foot peg.  At the hospital (after the nurses finished with the “motorcycle riders = organ donors” jokes, it was noted that the PLASTIC toe cap probably saved his foot, since the plastic bent in and then sprung back.  A Steel “steel toe” boot probably would have bent in and stayed crimped, taking the toes with it when they pulled the boot off.

Andrew M. Riter
Assistant Technical Director / Head Lighting Technician

604-822-2372
Andrew.riter at ubc.ca<mailto:Andrew.riter at ubc.ca>

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Subject: Re: [SML] AB5 Safety Glove Mark VIII



 A worker at our plant, long ago, I'll call him Jose, since that was his name, managed to get the end of his steel-toed boot under a full 55 gallon drum of some liquid as it was being wrestled into place by a small crew with some kind of barrel dolly. The steel cap punched through the boot and stopped at the concrete. Destroyed the boot. Chipped the concrete floor. Considerable crushing and bruising to the toes, but they probably would have been flattened and removed without the protection. He limped into work the very next day, refusing to take any time off. I took this as a lesson. Whenever there is safety gear associated with a job, I wear it. If there is safety equipment, I use it. If there are safety instructions, I follow them.



>> I did once have a heavy part fall off a piece of equipment I picked up (didn't know anything was unbolted) and it fell on a fellow worker's foot...just behind the steel toe.  So, nothing is perfect.

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