"Standard Specification for Dielectric Footwear"

This specification covers acceptance testing of dielectric overfoot and overshoe footwear designed to provide additional isolation or insulation of workers if in accidental contact with energized electrical conductors, apparatus, or circuits. Three styles of overshoe footwear are provided and are designated as rubbers, boots, and galoshes.

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or service: Examples of specifications include, but are not limited to, requirements for; physical, mechanical, or chemical properties, and safety, quality, or performance criteria. A specification identifies the test methods for determining whether each of the requirements is satisfied.

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the foot and/or the leg and to provide anti-slip protection. This category includes protection against static electricity, risk of explosion, falling or rolling objects, crushing or penetrating, protection from exposure to hot substances and/or corrosive or poisonous materials

• Electrical protective footwear

• Electrical Hazards

ASTM F1116 - 21 - Standard Test Method for Determining Dielectric Strength of Dielectric Footwear

ASTM F819 - 23 - Standard Terminology Relating to Electrical Protective Equipment for Workers