Protective footwear is made from materials such as leather, rubber, polyurethane, and composite textiles, designed to provide impact protection, slip resistance, and chemical resistance. These materials must meet strict performance criteria to ensure workers stay safe in hazardous environments such as construction, manufacturing, and emergency services. BSI provides comprehensive testing and certification to ensure footwear meets international safety standards, including assessments for puncture resistance, toe cap strength, energy absorption, and water penetration.
We arrange testing for products including safety footwear (EN ISO 20345), occupational footwear (EN ISO 20347), protective footwear against chemicals (EN 13832), electrical insulating footwear (EN 50321), and firefighter boots (EN 15090). In addition to regulatory compliance, BSI offers the globally recognized BSI Kitemark certification, showing superior product quality and reliability.
BSI also offers PPE testing and certification for respiratory protection devices, head protection, eyewear, gloves and condoms, protective clothing, hearing protection devices, and floatation devices.
