ASTM F2412 Test for Foot Protection

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance service within the scope of ASTM F2412 standard. This standard describes test methods for foot protection.

The test methods described in this standard contain certain requirements to evaluate the performance of shoes. These requirements focus on:

• Impact resistance for the foot area of ​​shoes
• Compression resistance for the toe area of ​​the shoes
• Metatarsal protection that reduces the possibility of injury to the bones in the upper part of the foot
• Conductive properties that reduce hazards from static electricity build-up and reduce the possibility of flammable explosive and volatile chemicals
• Electrical hazard to protect the user when accidentally pressing electrical cables
• In cases where there is a risk of accidental contact with current electrical circuits, properties that consume static energy to reduce the dangers arising from static charge accumulation
• Puncture resistant shoe equipment
• Any modification to the original components of safety toe shoes, such as replacing or adding footbeds, may create non-compliance with some or all of this standard.

Therefore, samples of protective toe shoes should be retested for one of the following changes:

• Change in material or design used to make a protective nose cap or change of firm producing a protective cap
• Change in the method used in shoe making or change from the company where the shoes are produced
• Over 25 percent change in upper or insole material thickness
• Change in outsole or midsole, including hardness
• The most recent change of shape in shoe production
• Change in the protective insole material or supplier
• Change in mutual protective material or supplier company
• Briefly, the test methods described in the ASTM F2412 standard are to determine the shoe's resistance to hazards that could potentially cause injury.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ASTM F2412 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.