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STANDARDS

CLASSIFICATION
Portwest safety footwear is tested to ASTM F2413-18 and ASTM F2892-18 standard.
Portwest offer a wide variety of footwear styles to be suitable for a number of safety and FT20
occupational environments.

ASTM F2413-18

FD95
ASTM F2892-18

Standard specification for performance requirements for protective (safety) toe cap
footwear.
The specification contains performance requirements for footwear to protect workers
feet from the following hazards by providing:

CATEGORY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

I Impact resistance (I) for the toe area of the footwear.

C Compression resistance (C) for the toe area of the footwear.

Metatarsal impact protection (Mt) that reduces the chance of injury to
Mt
the metatarsal bones at the top of the foot.
Conductive properties (Cd) which reduce hazards that may result from static
Cd electricity buildup, and reduce the possibility of ignition of explosives and
volatile chemicals.

Electric hazard protection (EH), to protect the wearer when accidental
EH
contact is made by stepping on live electric wires.

Static dissipative properties (SD) to reduce hazards due to excessively
SD low footwear electrical resistance that may exist where SD footwear is
required.

PR Puncture resistance (PR) footwear devices.

FC18

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