Noticed your Feet Lately?

Take a quick poll and see where you "stand" next to others when it comes to footwear in the shop... a cute blog, Tom's Workshop, offers this poll, and so far, 45% of poll takers indicate they wear sneakers or athletic shoes in the workshop. Problem? What do you think?

Tom writes: "we often overlook one very important part of shop safety - what we’re wearing on our feet.  There are lots of hazards that could affect us down there - from dropped objects to stepping on sharp items.  And then there’s the slipping hazards, splashed chemicals and other concerns."

Ignore your feet, and you could be out of the shop - or factory, retail store, restaurant, etc. - for quite a while... Not to mention losing time on the dance floor, missing that marathon you've been training for, etc.!

Seems like safety glasses and hard hats get all the attention... while the vulnerable appendages at the end of our legs get neglected.

To quote Dr. Seuss, from "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"

"With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,

you're too smart to go down ay not-so-good street."

What's Keeping your Feet from Getting the Best?

On a more serious note, what is keeping you from wearing the right kind of protective footwear on the job, if you aren't? (We mean, steel-toed boots, sturdy shoes and the like).

Is the cost of workplace footwear? (The U.S. government, for example, has decreed that companies only have to pay for certain kinds of work boots - not all - and only the safety caps at the toes, in some cases?)

Is it laziness? Peer pressure?

We want to know! Leave a comment here about YOUR feet in the workplace.