Posted By Philip Purcell Hi All, looking for a bit of advise , we have had two near misses and 1 cut toes to ladies in our office and i believe that this is caused by open toed shoes. Has anyboody come across this in the past and how did they solve it? thanks , Philip

Posted By Lorraine Shuker In current workplace (office) I advise against open toed shoes but haven't gone as far as banning them. We've had no accidnets connected to this.....yet In previous job (sewing factory) I did ban them and got mucho complainers about hot feet but eventually they got bored of it

Posted By Derek J Golding Hey, look out for "Working at Height" and wearing of high-heeled shoes (and how high is high?) in the work environment, a combined risk assessment would add this factor into the open-toed argument and make your life even more complex! Best of luck, H&S and fashion don't mix. For interest, I wear shorts and flip-flops around my smallholding and, whilst my feet are almost immune to pain now, it makes me much more risk averse and my dynamic RA skills are well honed especially around moving objects like cows and goats. This also means that a quick hosedown or shower is much more efficient than doing a trouser and welly-boot wash. My attitude when at my real job is much more conservative and in line with H&S conventions!

Posted By Barry Cooper Philip We have had two near misses, one where the person almost fell down stairs because she was wearing flip flops. When I asked her why she was wearing these, she said she thought they would be more comfortable in the hot weather. When asked where they were, she replied "in the bin" as she had damaged her manicured toe nails that had cost her a fortune. The company have instructed that all personnel wear sensible shoe at work. Not sure what these are, but at least flip flops are not "sensible" at work. May be on a beach.