Q. What are the standards in industrial safety shoes?

Answer

There are two major standards for industrial safety shoes: ASTM 2413 and EN ISO 20345. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is an international standards organization that sets and conforms safety footwear in terms of impact, compression resistance for toe are and puncture resistance. The safety footwear standard across Europe or EN ISO 20345 is the current standard requires all safety shoes to have front foot protection against a 200 joule impact.