Workplace safety is one of the most vital factors every organization should mandatorily follow. No matter what industry you work in, every employee wants to be in a healthy, safe, and protected environment. Furthermore, workplace safety keeps workers from harm and saves the organization from costly job-related injury expenses that might happen if workplace safety…

I spent many years in retail footwear and was mentored by some of the greats in fit before I came to the safety business. I had plenty of people tell me, “safety shoes fit differently than regular shoes, so you will have to get used to that.” Many customers would say, “I’m a size 10…

Several years ago, I sat in the office of Howard Shultz of Starbucks. We were doing some research for a project, and I was on the team. All that to say, it was not my meeting, but I got to be there. One of the questions the lead of the project asked Howard was “what…

Each year, millions of workdays are lost due to injury. But did you know that the amount of work days lost due to pain and discomfort are almost double those lost due to injury? That’s right, twice as many workdays are lost due to pain and discomfort than there are due to an accident. And…

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…