"Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Protective (Safety) Toe Cap Footwear"
This specification covers the minimum design, performance, testing, and classification requirements, and prescribes fit, function, and performance criteria for footwear designed to be worn to provide protection against a variety of workplace hazards that can potentially result in injury.
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
- Conductive footwear
- Electrical protective footwear
- Footwear, general
- Physical
- Flame and Thermal
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47-2000 Construction Trades Workers
- 47-2022 Stonemasons
- 47-2030 Carpenters
- 47-2110 Electricians
- 47-2220 Structural Iron and Steel Workers
ASTM F1646 - 16 - Standard Terminology Relating to Walkway Safety and Footwear
ASTM F2412 - 18a - Standard Test Methods for Foot Protection
29 CFR 1910.132 - General requirements
29 CFR 1910.136 - Foot protection
It is not the intention of this specification to serve as a detailed manufacturing or purchasing specification, but can be referenced in purchase contracts to ensure that minimum performance requirements are met. Footwear conforming to this specification shall meet the performance requirements for the following: impact resistance for the toe area of footwear; compression resistance for the toe area of footwear; metatarsal protection that reduces the chance of injury to the metatarsal bones at the top of the foot; conductive properties which reduce hazards that may result from static electricity buildup, and reduce the possibility of ignition of explosives and volatile chemicals; electric shock resistance; static dissipative (SD) properties to reduce hazards due to excessively low footwear resistance that may exist where SD footwear is required; puncture resistance of footwear bottoms; chain saw cut resistance; and dielectric insulation.
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The principal purpose of this standard is the certification of protective footwear. Certification must be performed by independent third party laboratories in order for footwear to bear the ASTM marking.
Additional References:
ASTM Standards
- B117 Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- F1646 Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for Footwear
- F2412 Test Methods for Foot Protection
Federal Standards
- 29 CFR Part 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment–General Requirements
- 29 CFR Part 1910.136 Personal Protective Equipment-Occupational Foot Protection
Canadian Standards Association Standard
- CAN/CSAZ195 Protective Footwear
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