Posted By The toecap PPE must afford the user adequate protection and be suitable for the userI done see a problem with them

Posted By RA There are much better boots out there- but I am not going to start advertising. Suffice to say I ran a survey amongst all on our projects and found that most on-site operatives had the same to say- Riggers are too heavy when wet and that you can go over on your ankle very easy. So all on-site now have been provided with alternative protective footwear that offers good support throughout, and the wet does not seem to increase the weight.......so far!!

Posted By Arran Linton - Smith Compared to my Scarpa four season mountain boots, my safety boots offer very little (if any) ankle support whatsoever. I believe that if we as professionals are making judgement about the suitability footwear, then we should be able to back this up with hard evidential research. This debate about rigger boots vs. anke boots has been going on as far as I am aware for over ten years. If we need ankle support then the standard of support should be as good as that on my mountain boots.

Posted By Peter Moran Like other PPE, the selection of foot protection is aided by risk-assessment and by looking at previous accidents/incidents. In the case of the road-surfacing industry for example, most contractors prefer to avoid rigger boots as they can allow hot bituminous material to drop inside, offer limited ankle support, and can be dragged off the foot in certain accident/incident scenarios. Further to a number of foot injuries in the industry over the last couple of years, many contractors are now supplying metatarsal boots. Dropped items have an uncanny habit of missing the normal toe-cap!