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Question the wisdom of steel toes... but, transmit the cold and crush all the toes with major trauma.
Can anyone point me to statistics or information that prove this. I was having a discussion about this last week. Was advised the Australian Postal Service Motorcycle Mail Delivery guys are now banned from wearing Steel Toes due to high probability of crushing the toes in an accident. I would think if you had an accident that crushed the steel caps, not sure how alive one would be to worry about the crushed toes. Also they sell "Steel Cap Motorcycle Boots" One would assume the legal libility would be too great to continue producing these boots if they resulted in crushed toes.
One of the silliest lines of reasoning that I've ever heard. My line of work (construction) requires that safety toe boots be worn.
As the union rep on the job, I've heard all kinds of complaints and assertions that a steel toe boot will injure the toes if something heavy falls on it.
My usual response is to ask if the person is wearing his safety shoes. They always are because it's a condition of employment.
I then hit the toe with an eight pound hammer. After the stammering and sputtering stops, I tell them to put on their sneakers and I'll do the same.
Discussion over.
As for riding, I don't think there is as much of a danger from crushing as there is from abrasion and hard toes are less flexible than regular.
Steel toes definitely conduct heat away from the toes, so if that's a concern and you want safety toes, get the non-metallic type. That's what I use at work.
If they're the non-conductive type, they'll also have a non-metallic plate in the sole as opposed to steel.
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