OHS Alert-Are your safety boots preventing or causing injuries?

Safety shoes are important pieces of personal protective equipment, but they also cause a wide range of injuries and incidents, leading to workers abandoning them, a major review has found.

Occupational footwear needs to prevent injuries rather than cause them, and finding the right fit involves understanding the biomechanics of a worker's job and how their feet function while inside a shoe or boot, the reviewers say.