Safety footwear: protect your feet, protect your life

Many times, especially in certain sectors, such as agriculture and gardening, we do not pay too much attention to certain basic safety elements, as we tend to be overconfident and believe that the chances of suffering a work accident are low. However, the use of some products, such as good footwear, is vital to prevent this from happening. If you want to know more about the importance of using safety footwear in these sectors, we recommend you keep reading this Gardenweb post.

Safety footwear: why should we use it?

Well, normally nothing happens, but it is always convenient to be prepared and prevent injuries with appropriate footwear, clothing and accessories. Safety footwear should be an essential element of every worker's uniform and/or protective equipment. Ideally, the footwear, in addition to being robust and resistant, should be light and flexible.

Properly protecting your feet when carrying out agricultural and gardening tasks and activities that involve minimal risk should be a custom and rule for both the company and the workers. With them, we will avoid certain injuries or accidents due to falls, impacts, punctures, crushing, chemical splashes... Therefore, as these will be the shoes we wear daily, we must also take into account other factors when choosing them, such as their breathability and impermeability.  

Characteristics of good safety shoes

As we have indicated, good safety footwear must meet some requirements such as:

• That they are robust and resistant: imagine that you are working in a warehouse and by an oversight a heavy material falls on your feet. These characteristics will help prevent a direct injury as the footwear will absorb most of the impact.

• Flexible and light: although it sounds contradictory, a good work shoe should be robust, but also very light and flexible. This is important if you are going to be working many hours a day as it will prevent your feet from being overloaded at the end of the day due to the weight of the footwear.

• Breathable: the accumulation of moisture in the feet favors the proliferation of fungi in our feet in the long run. Therefore, if we are going to work many hours a day, it is vital that the footwear helps our feet to breathe correctly.

Where to buy good safety footwear

In our online store we have two models from the PANTER brand: the GRAFITO PLUS safety shoe, and the TEXAS PLUS boot. Both shoes are an excellent option as they meet the following specifications:

• Made with natural split leather combined with Mesh fabric that provides resistance and impermeability.

• Dual-density sole composed of Polyurethane and TPU that makes it light and resistant to abrasion and hydrocarbons. Due to these materials, they also offer good grip and excellent stability.

• Plastic anti-impact toe cap resistant to impacts of up to 200 joules. In addition, it has elastic memory so it regains its shape in case of impact.

• Insole made of latex that has ventilation channels, thus preventing the accumulation of bacteria in the feet.

Remember that in addition to safety shoes, at Gardenweb you can also find other gardening products that will make your work easier, such as leather gloves and other materials.