We're not sllowed to wear open toed sandles at work, canvas shoes are okay.So what is a canvas shoe gonna do that a sandal ain't if I drop a 30 kilo truck battery on my foot!
crzyhrse,
Nov 14, 7:11pm
Prevent people from seeing your flesh oozing from beneath your split skin as the result of your own stupidity!
morrisman1,
Nov 14, 7:11pm
they will keep all your toes from scattering across the floor which makes it easier for the manager to clean up
bjdw,
Nov 14, 7:29pm
Not necase. necesseri. nesaceri. just 'cosing stupidity, sometimes I go to work still pissed from the night before :-) "Would you like some grease with those wheel bearings!"Let's upsize that combo!
m16d,
Nov 14, 7:53pm
Its OK to wear sandels if you got socks on.
treachug,
Nov 14, 8:00pm
only if the socks are walk socks & white in colour.
bjdw,
Nov 14, 8:02pm
And you gotta pull them all the way up to your knees
budgel,
Nov 15, 10:27am
I occasionally wear sandals/jandals when working around home. A couple of times the open toe has tripped me up on a power cord. That is probably what they are aware of.
OSH usually requires safety boots in a workshop environment.
You are right about the truck battery.
toyboy3,
Nov 15, 10:53am
Re the truck battery learn some dance movesandget the feet clearwhile the battery is on the way down
elect70,
Nov 15, 12:39pm
OSHdont want your bloodsmeared all over the placeas its a risk to others . So must wear closed footwear .Hows your toesJoewant me to call a toe truck !
mrfxit,
Mar 4, 4:12am
LMAO . yea already know THAT dance move
Open toe/ Jandles etc are prone to getting hooked on cables/ steel rods etc & can slip off easy., Also expose's the foot to liquid spills /sparks. A shoe gives you half a second more to move your foot from the intended impact area that the battery is headed for.
Many times in the past, has my foot been dragged out from under a falling object AS it touchs my foot.
I would rather that flap of shoe on top of my foot, getting scraped by a heavy object. . then the top of my bare foot as I drag it out from underneath that heavy object
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