The findings of an HSE-funded survey into practices within the UK road haulage sector relating to slip, trip and fall risk factors are now available.

Employers use a variety of control measures to reduce the risk of slips, but if a significant slip risk remains, introducing footwear with slip-resistant properties may be the only effective way they can further reduce the risk.

The TUC is urging employers to drop ‘inappropriate’ requirements for workers to wear uncomfortable or dangerous footwear.

A factory worker has been left with permanent disabilities after contracting a severe form of dermatitis at his workplace.

A gardener’s big toe was severed by a hover mower at a Devon hotel, which did not carry out a risk assessment of gardening work or provide any safety footwear for such work.

LACK OF care and failure to reduce manual handling risks landed a Sunderland manufacturing firm with fines totalling £2000 after an employee was burned by concrete at its premises.

When it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE) most of us are only interested in whether or not it does the job, not how or why it does it. Not a lot is revealed about the equipment itself and how it is developed and produced. To redress the balance Tina Weadick visited safety footwear manufacturer Jallatte to find out what goes on behind the scenes.

Safety footwear manufacturer Totectors is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

The TUC recently issued a new guide on appropriate footwear for the workplace. Entitled Working feet and footwear, it was produced in response to TUC findings that, while many employers do allow their workers to wear healthy and safe footwear, some big city institutions and upmarket retailers insist that female staff who deal with the public wear slip-on shoes, or heels as part of a dress code.

Rock Fall exhibited its Tomcat range of Total Protection Footwear at SHE 10, which is said to be the first to incorporate internal metatarsal protection to meet European S3 safety standards.

Orbit International plc’s latest stock product range encompasses a comprehensive selection of workwear, outerwear, safety footwear and hi-visibility PPE garments, all said to be exclusively made to Orbit’s exacting standards and sold only through its network of national and European-based distribution partners.

When specifying safety footwear for use outdoors, which would you prefer – a waterproof sock, or a waterproof boot?

Totectors is returning to the market under new management after a short hiatus, and will be exhibiting a brand new range of safety footwear.

Goliath Footwear says it has integrated new intelligent technology ‘d3o™’ into its new metatarsal protective boot to provide superior flexibility and freedom of movement for a boot of this type.