SafeShoes.com has filtered the available slip-resistant shoes to include the best styles, brands and soles. All shoes on our website have soles that meet a minimum standard of .6 Wet or .35 Oily-Wet, using either the James Test, Brungraber Mark II Test, or the new Satra Test. That being said, no “slip-resistant shoe” is “slip-proof”. Test results are real, but they are done in a laboratory with laboratory floor materials and specific oils and water. Naturally, these are not exactly the same as the environment in which you work. Therefore, when wearing any slip-resistant shoes for the first time always do so with caution until your body gets used to the grip your new shoes have in your work environment.
Slip-Resistant Shoes have specially designed soles that provide traction in slippery environments. The extra traction comes from the pattern of the sole design and also the compound of the sole material. While there is no standard for slip-resistance, the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS (ASTM) has certified the relatively new SATRA “full shoe” method of testing slip-resistance, even though there is no numeric, minimum standard that defines what slip-resistance is. Sole Slip-Resistance is tested, typically by independent testing labs or other certified testing labs using 3 methods—The James Test, which is the oldest and seldom used these days by shoe manufacturers and testing labs; The Brungraber Mark II Test, which for years was the accepted testing method and is still used by many testing labs and manufacturers; and SATRA, which is the new testing method that has been certified by ASTM (F2913-11) as the accepted method for testing slip-resistance. SATRA is also the accepted testing method in Canada and Europe.
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