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Document ID (ISN)41148
CIS number 84-224
ISSN - Serial title 0010-244X - Cahiers des Comités de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Delmas R., Baratte D., Duval H., Frimat P., Roux M., Charrier M.J., Ballereau M.
Title Safety footwear: criteria for wearing or refusal to wear
Original title Chaussures de sécurité: critères de port ou de rejet [in French]
Bibliographic information Aug. 1983, No.5, p.203-209. Illus.
Abstract Results of a survey conducted in France by the OPPBTP (Organisation for Safety in Building Construction and Civil Engineering). Contents: Statistical tables of wearers and non-wearers of safety footwear, by profession and industrial category; factors that influence the choice of safety footwear, and whether workers wear it or not (cost, existence/awareness of risk, compulsory wearing, problems with the footwear).
Descriptors (primary) construction industry; comfort criteria; safety shoes
Descriptors (secondary) survey; France
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Personal protection
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Construction industry and civil engineering
Foot and leg protection