I should have known better

[bsr241]

Than to let a Q.C. guy move a 80 pound caterpillar part with a forklift. :x
Time to buy some steel toes!

 

[Bronco]

eeeeewwwww!

 

[EeePee]

Looks comfortable.

 

[Usmc8541]

Ive had something simular happen to me hurts dont it.

 

[run2jeepn]

Steel toe boots aren't all that. You don't what that steel bending and keeping your toe. If you do buy steel toe boots. Buy a good pair. No Wal-Mart stuff....

 

[dieselfuel]

Been there, i feel for ya, i always wear steel toes at work nowadays.

 

[JeremyH]

You've got short, stubby toes...

 

[Mikekx65]

Ouch. You guys ever see the mythbusters episode with the steel toes boots? It was pretty good one

 

[Kranberry]

Ouch. You guys ever see the mythbusters episode with the steel toes boots? It was pretty good one

yea it ended cutting the toes off:shock:

what was he moving

 

['83 chevy]

Buy a good pair. No Wal-Mart stuff....

Yep thats a very good tip, i had a pair of those crush before from a pipe falling in shop. Spend the extra money and get a good brand, I wear Chippewa and they are stout boots.

 

[xjman]

I've had the same think happen while I was remodeling a Staples store.

Piece of 40 pound shelving fell about 18' right on my foot, hurt to walk for about a week and a half.

 

[John Deere]

Kiss that toe nail good bye. You will be growing a new one soon.

 

[fordzilla1]

Yep thats a very good tip, i had a pair of those crush before from a pipe falling in shop. Spend the extra money and get a good brand, I wear Chippewa and they are stout boots.

i wear the caterpillar boots from my local stihl shop. the steel toes go back past my toes and ive had them for 2 years and they just startin to get small for me.:lol:

 

[666]

One of many things I learned drilling wells, NEVER put your body parts under anything that could possibly fall.

 

[clodstall]

i dropped a piece of 3/4 finished plywood on or between my big toe and the one beside it 2 years ago. went right down between them and broke the big one, while spattering it open,what a mess.lol still hurts to this day.

 

[K_Willis]

yea it ended cutting the toes off:shock:

what was he moving

Results:
75lbs from 3 feet (official ANSI test height and weight): mashed the leather down a bit, but nothing injurious.
400lbs from 3 ft: more deformation in the steel plate, but only damage to frangible foot was a broken metatarsal (big toe). Adam: "I want to see some toes cut off or crushed beyond all recognition"
400lbs from 6 ft: a lot of pancaking of steel cap and lots of broken bones beneath, but no toe amputation.

Arbor press test to find total failure point

They used an arbor press to squish boots to their total failure point. The steel-toe boot was able to take 6000lbs of pressure before total failure;

They dropped a 400 pound weight from 6 feet up and it didn't cut off the toes... if you weren't wearing steel toes and dropped that on your feet, all that would be left of your toes is something resembling bloody mashed potatoes... To actually fully compress the steel toe, they put the boot in a hydraulic press and it took 6000 pounds of pressure to compress it to the point that it took the toes off.

You are ALWAYS, better off wearing steel toes, than not wearing them.

 

[FrankyRizzo]

I stay away from physical labor.

That is why I have my own Navel Lint business. Keeps me limber as well.

 

[Big Mike]

I stay away from physical labor

Oh, hells yes.

Best way I know of to prevent injuries of this nature...