Best safety shoes for electrician ???

[Zimmer]

Are there safety shoes (steel toecap) specially for electricians ?
i.e in the U.S there is an EH (electrical hazard) boot.
I ask because a while back I was wearing "standard" safety boots, in a perfectly dry panel room when my finger accidentally touched a live terminal, and I was surprised to get a quite painful shock.
Any recommendations:

Shoes preferable to boots.
Steel toecap essential

 

[Sparky Ninja]

You can get non steel safety footwear for electricians.

 

[Zimmer]

You can get non steel safety footwear for electricians.

Cheers
Where ?

and if the sole was of a suitable insulating material, then the steel cap, should not be an issue.

 

[grantr37]

Hello, WH Salisbury in the USA make steel toe and non steel toe safety boots rated up to 11kv for short duration accidental contact, they come in yellow, white, Orange or Black (in USA yellow is for power board linesmen, white is for power station workers, Orange for Railway workers and Black is just standard) they also make safety wellies for linesmen......they are about 90 pounds for a set and you will have to work out the right US size for a match to your UK shoe size, they deliver by UPS which will cost about another 50 pounds, but only takes 3 days so is worth it...

 

[john25]

You can get non steel safety footwear for electricians.

yep I got a pair of plastic toe cap Shoes that I got for an Airport job as (you can't wear steel toe caps due to the Metal Detectors)

 

[DurhamSparky]

i had a pair of NON conducting boots in navy!! then when funding dried up i had to be given the usual ****ty ones!!

 

[Zimmer]

Thanks for the replies, I should have explained myself a little better. What I really had in mind is a pair of normal safety shoes suitable for wearing everyday, which has the added benefit of shock protection. I am only talking about standard 220/240 V.
I see the Americans seem to have an "electrical hazard" rating, and was wondering if there is an Eu equivalent.
eg Electrical Hazard Boots Buy Now

 

[mogga]

so my addidabok kikabout trainers wouldnt work ??

Iv never been on a 11kv site but I dare say Powerstations ect have saftey regs of their own as it seems every site has

 

[mogga]

on a side note having checked out that link Dont the Americans have great Brand names??
McRea Industrial
john Deer ( for extractor fan fitters)
Old west Jama( Im going to get a pair of these so I can say that name when people ask "What are those boots?")

 

[john25]

Sheesh $429 for a pair of these safety boots Mens Wesco 16 Inch Voltfoe EH Composite Toe Lineman Boots # EHBR57161270: Work Boots - Steel Toe / Metatarsal / Safety Toe

 

[mogga]

holy crapola bat man they also make you looke like a right numpty but reading the spek they do have a Leather gusset lol

 

[millwall ken]

Are there safety shoes (steel toecap) specially for electricians ?
i.e in the U.S there is an EH (electrical hazard) boot.
I ask because a while back I was wearing "standard" safety boots, in a perfectly dry panel room when my finger accidentally touched a live terminal, and I was surprised to get a quite painful shock.
Any recommendations:

Shoes preferable to boots.
Steel toecap essential

Oh Zimmer, what are you saying? Are you saying that my new Prada flip-flops don't comply with H&S rules then?

 

[john25]

lol now turning up to Work in a pair of these will certainly make yer look like a right Numpty

Dan Post Mens Cowboy Boots 11 Inch Broad Square Toe # DP2805: Work Boots - Steel Toe / Metatarsal / Safety Toe

 

[Zimmer]

Sheesh $429 for a pair of these safety boots Mens Wesco 16 Inch Voltfoe EH Composite Toe Lineman Boots # EHBR57161270: Work Boots - Steel Toe / Metatarsal / Safety Toe

you would need to be charging for the time "lacing them up"

 

[grantr37]

these are not proper electrical boots, they are ones made for the people who climb up the electricity poles over there using spikes and harnesses, over here we stopped doing that back in the 80's as they made it illegal fro health and safety, these are badly labelled I think because I imagine any electrical contact and all that would be left would be those boots and a bit of smoke, maybe the change out of your pocket or something.........the proper safety shoes /boots look like they are made from welly boots and are completely sealed with only a small bit with laces on....
You only see people going up to do repairs on electricity poles here using a cherry picker, even in the middle of nowhere they use a land rover with the back adapted into a pick up type flatbet and a cherry picker welded onto it....and that has special safety isolation from Earth....


Your Arc Flash Protection Source there is a link on the page to download the catalogue, you will see the boots etc on there