In the past, safety boots always seemed to be a contradiction to me. We all know we need to protect our feet and toes. However, I have had uncomfortable boots in the past and I have seen my fair share of workers limping on jobs from their safety boots.

Here is one of my recent reminders of the need. I was setting my power miter saw on its stand at home a few months ago to cut some boards. I had gotten lazy and set up the stand close to my wife’s SUV. After I thought the saw was attached to the stand, I let it go and, surprise; the saw tipped backwards off the stand and fell to the ground. Fortunately, the saw just barely hit my toes and since I was wearing safety toe boots, I was not injured.