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Employers must assure that each employee wear heavy duty logging boots that are waterproof or water repellant, and cover and provide support to the ankle. If the employee uses a chain saw, the footwear must be constructed with cut-resistant material that will protect against contact with a running chain saw. Calk soled boots are acceptable when they are required for the employee's job. [29 CFR 1910.266(d)(1)(v)]
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) currently tests and labels foot protection which meets minimum cut resistance requirements. (Reference ASTM F1818, Standard Specification for Foot Protection for Chain Saw Users.)
Additional Information:
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart R, Special industries. OSHA Standard.
- Logging. OSHA Preambles to Final Rules, (1994).
- Logging Operations. OSHA Federal Register 60:47022-47037, (September 8, 1995). [See Stayed Provisions - Paragraph (d)(1)(v) - Cut-Resistant Foot Protection.]
- Logging Operations, Inspection Procedures and Interpretive Guidance Including Twelve Previously Stayed Provisions. OSHA Directive CPL 02-01-022 [CPL 2-1.22], (September 27, 1996). [See Definitions and clarifications: Paragraph (d) - General Requirements - Cut-resistant foot protection.]