What are steel toe boots designed for?

What are steel toe boots designed for?

Steel-toed boots help prevent a wide range of injuries, not just injuries from falling objects. They can also help prevent injuries due to slips and falls, cuts/lacerations and burns, and punctures. A sturdy safety shoe or boot makes it more difficult for injuries such as these to occur.

Do steel toe boots hurt your toes?

Often, the pain associated with steel toe boots is caused because the boots are too narrow or too loose for the wearer. For tips on how to break in your new boots, click here.

Where should my toes be in steel toe boots?

Your toes should have about an inch of room in front of them at all times. The sides of your feet should not feel painful pressure. Your toes should not slide forward or hit the end of the boot.

Should your toes touch the end of your steel toe boots?

Safety Toe shoes need to be fit about a half size larger than normal footwear. Since there is hard cap in shoe there is no stretch in toe box area. You do not want your toes touching the end of the safety shoe.