Red Wing Safety Boots
About Red Wing Safety Boots
Few companies that make safety items can trace their history back more than a century, but Red Wing Safety Boots is one such item. Red Wing began making men's boots more than 150 years ago. These boots were for men who rode horses to work. Over the years, they gained a reputation for premium, quality leather and outstanding durability and comfort. Eventually Red Wing got into making safety boots, especially for construction workers and those who work around dangerous substances.
Safety Rules In A Company
Safety is by far the number one rule in any company’s guidelines, whether it is an oil rig or a small town convenience store; employers hate to see their employees get hurt, and they establish safety guidelines to make sure this never happens. In many departments where hard labor or construction is to be performed, such as the use of an gasoline auger drill or post pounder, the employers will set up a mandatory uniform, wherein they will instruct the current and prospective employees to wear certain safety-regulated materials at all times.
Red Wing Safety Boots Means Quality Safety
These materials can consist of anything from gloves and goggles, to full-bodied, disposable Tyvek suits. In almost every case, though, one piece of material is always required: safety shoes. And the companies that are truly in the know will spend the extra money for a quality boot such as Red Wing Safety Boots (or, alternatively, other high-quality pairs of shoes are Lehigh Safety Shoes and Ariat Boots). You can also find good products from
- Iron Age
- Converse
- New Balance
- Caterpillar
The term “safety shoes” can also be referred to as “steel toed boots.” These boots help to protect one’s foot while working in dangerous areas, because of the reinforced steel inserted at the end of the boot and often times also on the sole, near the toes.
Though they are traditionally made with steel, the plate can also be made out of a plastic known as thermoplastic polyurethane. TPU, as the plastic is more commonly referred to, is just as durable as the steel, and this should not hinder one’s appeal to a single safety shoe with the composite material versus another with an actual steel plate, as they both provide the same amount of protection.
Safety Boots And Mythbusters
A popular show on television entitled “Mythbusters,” once aired an episode geared to testing the myth of the renowned safety shoe. The myth, they stated, was that the plate inserted at the end of the shoe actually created an even more dangerous environment. When a certain amount of weight fell on the shoe, it would cause the steel to actually act like a blade, severing the toe completely rather than just crushing the foot itself. The myth was debunked, and it has been proven that the weight one would need for such a feet to occur, would regardless result in so much damage to the toe, it would need to be removed anyway. The episode was number 42.
Different Levels Of Safety Criteria
There are different levels of safety criteria to be taken into consideration, which are based on where one is located.
- In the United States, have a green triangle on the outside to indicate a class one toe cap and a yellow triangle for a class two toe cap, both being puncture resistant.
- There are also white, yellow, and red squares symbolizing certain electrical protection.
- A fir tree on the outside of a safety shoe indicates a firm protection against chain saws.
Other countries have criteria set up a bit differently.
Canada, as another example, goes by a code of 0, 1, or 2; P or 0; M or 0; E, S, or C; X or 0. The zeros in each case stand for none, and the first code deals specifically with the amount of weight each shoe can withstand. In Europe, the steel toe impact resistance is graded as SB, S1, S2, and S3, with the latter being the best one can get, and the SB standing for the most basic of protective red wing safety boots.
