EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of EN ISO 20347 testing. This standard specifies the basic and additional (optional) requirements for work shoes that are not exposed to any mechanical risk (impact or compression).
Special risks are covered by supplemental standards for work (e.g. footwear for firefighters, electrically insulated shoes, protection against chainsaw injuries, protection against chemicals and molten metal splashes, protection for motorcycle riders).
Special risks are covered by complementary business standards. For example, shoes for firefighters, electrically insulating shoes, safety shoes against chainsaw injuries, protective shoes against chemicals and molten metal splashes, and safety shoes for motorcycle riders.
The basic requirements for professional footwear in the EN ISO 20347 standard are listed as follows: general, design, all footwear, shoe top, patch and quarter lining, tongue, insole and outsole.
The EN ISO 20347 standard is generally the same as the safety shoes of the EN ISO 20345 standard. Therefore, occupational shoes must have the same basic requirements for safety shoes described in the ISO 20345 standard.
It is believed that the EN ISO 20347 standard, which is a basic European standard, defines all types of safety shoes. However, the truth is that this standard only describes professional footwear.
Occupational shoes need not be steel or composite toes. However, they are expected to have the following properties: antistatic, fully enclosed and energy-absorbing heels, water absorption and penetration resistance, locked soles, and outsole resistance to fuels.
Shoes covered by this standard are not designed to protect feet from heavy compression or impact force. This issue falls under the scope of other standards.
According to the basic requirements for work shoes, other materials except leather shoes and rubber and polymeric types must be water resistant to meet safety standards.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN ISO 20347 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.
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