Do you work in a dangerous workplace that poses a danger to your feet or legs? Are you planning to quit your job because of fear of losing or hurting your leg? Every job has its pros and cons. One should embrace the cons and celebrate the pros. Advocating for protection prepares one for hazards at the workplace. Clothing and footwear are protective gear that can protect workers from any risks of unnecessary injuries.
There are many job opportunities available in Nairobi. Depending on your job definition, there are different measures to guarantee safety to their workers. To avoid unnecessary injuries in workplaces, most companies have embraced the use of protective gear. Footwears are among the protective gear embraced by these companies to protect the employers’ feet. To ensure maximum guarantee to the employers, the companies have ensured that they purchase quality protective footwear. Read through this article to find out the types safety shoes in Kenya used by most companies.
Safety-toed shoes
As the name denotes, this is a particular type of shoe used by most companies in Nairobi to protect the toes of employers. To ensure maximum protection to the toes, the toe area of this shoe is covered with a unique material that guarantees protection to the toe in case of an accident during work or after work. The safety-toed shoe is primarily used in mills and factories. People handling heavy industrial materials are also encouraged to wear this type of shoes.
Steel insole shoes
Steel insole shoes, as the word denotes,are a particular type of shoes where steel is inserted in a shoe to ensure stability and ensure the feet are not exposed to any joint problems. Steel insole shoes are meant explicitly for bike riders and those that drive heavy tracks to ensure feet stability and prevent them from moving and shifting too much. To ensure safety to your feet and protection to your joints, you should try to employ this type of shoe
Metal instep footwears
Metal step footwears are among the safety boots in Nairobi that guarantee safety to most employers’ feet. To ensure employers are protected from external injuries from harmful objects, you should use this type of footwear. Metal instep footwear protects one from sharp objects such as nails and other metal objects. Metal instep footwear ismainly worn by people working in glassand heavy machinery industries.
Electric hazard shoes
As the name denotes, this is the type of shoes that aremainlyworn by workers whowork in electricity companies or those people who mainly deal with electricity. Electric hazard shoeshave soles that ensure workers don’t get electrocuted when handling electricity, especially those dealing with high voltage energy. Workers should ensure they wear this type of footwear when handling electricity to ensure protection against electric shocks.
To conclude, apart from protective footwear, employers should ensure that their workers are always in otherappropriate protective gear depending on the type of work. Let us advocate for safety by embracing workers’protection in our workplaces.
