EN345 safety shoes, EN347-safety shoes

EN ISO 20345 - Certified safety footwear

Specification for safety footwear for professional use: Footwear with characteristics suitable for protecting the wearer against injuries that may occur in the professional sectors for which the footwear has been designed, with toe caps for providing protection against impact, when tested at an energy level of 200 J.

I. Footwear made from leather and other materials, excluding all-rubber or all-polymeric footwear.

II. All-rubber or all-polymeric footwear.

Marking categories of safety shoes:

Category

Class

Additional requirement

Marking of product for slip resistance properties

Symbol

SB

I or II

 

Ceramic tile with sodium lauryl sulphate

  SRA

S1

 

Losed seat region

Antistatic properties

Energy absorption of seat region

Steel with glycerol

  SRB

S2

 

As S1 plus water penetration and water absorption.

Ceramic tile with sodium lauryl sulphate & steel with glycerol

  SRC

S3

 

As S2 plus penetration resistance and cleated outsole.

 

S4

II

Antistatic properties. Energy absorption of seat region.

 

S5

II

As S4 plus penetration resistance and cleated outsole

 

 

Additional requirements:

Requirement

Symbol

Whole footwear

Penetration resistance

  P

Conductive footwear

  C

Antistatic footwear

  A

Electrically insulating footwear

  I

Heat insulation of sole complex

  HI

Cold insulation of sole complex

  CI

Energy absorption of seat region

  E

Water resistance

  WR

Metatarsal protection

  M

Ankle protection

  AN

Upper

Water penetration and water absorption

 WRU

 

Cut resistance

  CR

Outsole

Resistance to hot contact

  HRO