What you need to know about selecting lightweight footwear

Designing safety footwear that reduces the risk of slips, trips and falls should be a key objective for footwear manufacturers. At the time of this writing, no U.S. government agency mandates performance specifications, nor is there any industry consensus defining slip resistance for PPE footwear in the US. That’s astonishing when one considers that OSHA states that slips, trips, and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents, cause 15 percent of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicle accidents as a cause of fatalities.

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