This article discusses safety boots, such as Wolverine boots, that meet US government standards and help reduce injuries in industrial workplaces.

With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA, as is well known, has a duty to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for employees by establishing and enforcing work standards that promote workplace safety.

To determine what constitutes protective footwear, OSHA has established three shoe construction standards. Footwear that meets any of these standards is considered acceptable within your guidelines for protective clothing.

These standards are:

• ASTM F-2412-05: “Standard Test Methods for Foot Protection” and ASTM F-2413-05: “Standard Specification for Protective Footwear Performance Requirements.”
• ANSI Z41-1991, “American National Standard for Personal Protection: Protective Footwear”
• ANSI Z41-1999, “American National Standard for Personal Protection: Protective Footwear”

Wolverine boots are built to these standards and come in a variety of safety feature combinations to ensure you get the protection you need.

Among the general population, some other brands of work boots are more common, but among those who actually wear work boots for protection, Wolverine boots are well known and loved. Established in the USA over 100 years ago, these work boots epitomize that pioneering American spirit that built this great nation.

Wolverine boots like the ‘Mckay’ and ‘Fusion Technology’ product lines are a great mix of safety boot style and features. These boots will go the distance and keep you going strong for hours.