Toe amputation is actually what the mythbusters tested: http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/html/steeltoe.html
I have been told by insiders that composite materail toes, like graphite, are stronger than steel. Fiberglass toes are made to shatter before they are able to rock back and amputate toes. Manufacturers are forbidden to advertise that their safety boots are stronger than another, by csa/ansi, because it undermines the safety standards. Toe amputation, caused by the toe cap rocking back, is rare and the mythbusters were unable to reproduce it. I think 99% of the time you will have less of an injury by wearing steel toed boots than not wearing them. The force needed to make a steel toe rock backwards is also enough force to amputate toes too. robert On May 15, 2006 03:11 am, Warren Wilder wrote: > I personally don't need safety boots for a working environment, but I > heard say that the usual metal cap in (cheap?)safety boots can have a > disadvantage. When, say, a forklift drives over your foot while you are > not wearing a shoe with a metal cap embedded in it, your footbones will > be broken, but it can and will likely heal. If you do have a metal cap > in your shoe, the metal will stop the weight from crushing your foot, > but it will cut through your shoe into the ground beneath it and simply > sever your toes from your foot in the process. > I wonder whether this old tale still stands true with modern safety boots? > > Warren -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
