ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world. We are a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for the development and publication of international voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems and services. Our volunteer members represent producers, users, consumers, government, and academia from more than 140 countries. They develop…

Because safety shoe fitting involves so many variables, it is critical to have a basic understanding of shoe and foot sizes—or more accurately, the differences between these sizes. Feet come in an unlimited variety of configurations. Shape, toe length, ball length and width (the only measurements we take at the present time) vary. Circumferential measurements…

In June of 2018, Work Wear Safety Shoes announced to its footwear vendors that it would no longer sell any product that did not carry at least a coefficient of friction rating of .35 oily/wet proven with tests from an accredited independent lab. That announcement sent a wave through our vendors since it impacted a…