| CSA adds slip resistance to footwear standard update |
12/21/2009 |
Canadian Occupational Safety E Magazine - December 2009
"The Canadian Standards Association has updated its CSA Z-195 Protective
Footwear Standard to include slip-resistance or slip-resisting
footwear.
The new edition of Z-195 sets out requirements for the communication or
labeling of slip-resistance performance data on all safety footwear
claiming to be slip-resistant, slip-resisting or anti-slip. In a
statement, CSA said the new requirements were set after a test
procedure based on a European standard has been agreed to by the
footwear industry.
Also new to this latest edition are performance requirements and an
impact test procedure for metatarsal (top-of-the-foot) guards, CSA
said."
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