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EN ISO 20344:2011 - Test methods for footwear designed as Personal Protective Equipment.
EN ISO 20345:2011 - Specifications for safety footwear for general use: Footwear with suitable features to protect the wearer against injuries that may arise from accidents in the work sectors for which the footwear is designed, equipped with appropriate toecaps to provide protection against impacts, with a protection level for energies of 200 Joules.
EN ISO 20347:2012 - Specifications for occupational footwear: Footwear with appropriate characteristics to protect the user against injuries that may result from accidents in the work sectors for which the footwear was designed. (They are not equipped with special toe protection.)
ASTM F2413-18 - Safety shoes and boots tested and approved at a voltage of 18000V at 60Hz, for one minute.
| SYMBOL | CATEGORY | REQUIREMENTS | REQUIRED PERFORMANCE |
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P | Sole puncture resistance | ≥ 1100 N |
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E | Heel energy absorption | ≥ 20 J |
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A | Antistatic footwear | Between 0.1 and 1000 MΩ |
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C | Conductive Footwear | < 0.1 MΩ |
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EN 50321 | Electrostatic discharges (EN 61340-5-) | Class 0 or 00 |
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Where are you? | Resistant to water penetration and absorption by the upper | ≥ 60 min |
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IF | Cold insulation | Tested at -17ºC |
| SYMBOL | CATEGORY | REQUIREMENTS | REQUIRED PERFORMANCE |
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P | Sole puncture resistance | ≥ 1100 N |
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E | Heel energy absorption | ≥ 20 J |
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A | Antistatic footwear | Between 0.1 and 1000 MΩ |
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C | Conductive Footwear | < 0.1 MΩ |
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EN 50321 | Electrostatic discharges (EN 61340-5-) | Class 0 or 00 |
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Where are you? | Resistant to water penetration and absorption by the vamp | ≥ 60 min. |
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HI | Cold insulation | Tested at -17ºC |
Materials and production
All materials used, whether natural or synthetic, and the production techniques applied, were chosen to meet the requirements expressed by the aforementioned European technical standard in terms of safety, ergonomics, comfort, durability, and harmlessness.
In addition to the mandatory basic requirements provided by the standard, the footwear may have supplementary requirements indicated by the symbols or categories present in the visible marking on the label inside the footwear.
Required features
FOOTWEAR: Vamp height; heel; sole performance (production and resistance to upper/sole detachment); foot protection and toecap characteristics (excluding EN ISO 20347), anti-slip properties.
UPPER: Characteristics of upper materials, lining, tongue, insole/sock (tear and abrasion resistance, tensile characteristics, water vapor permeability, pH and absorption and desorption of insole/sock and midsole).
SOLE: Production and resistance to tearing, abrasion, flexing, hydrolysis, sole/midsole detachment, oil and hydrocarbons (EN ISO 20345 S1-S2-S3).
