Today, the standardisation of safety shoes and working shoes is made according to the new standards EN ISO 20345 and EN ISO 20347. CE certificates, issued by notified bodies upon
CE examinations, are now valid for 5 years, as mentioned on the certificate.
EN ISO 20345 :
Specifications for safety footwear for professional use. This standard defines, in reference to the EN ISO 20344 standard, the fundamental and additional (facultative) requirements for safety footwear for professional use. This footwear includes the necessary safety device to protect the wearer’s toes against risk of injury from falling objects and accidents which could occur in industrial environments. Fit out with a toe cap, this footwear protects the wearer’s toes against crushing impacts with a protection provided on 200 Joules.
EN ISO 20346:
Specifications for safety footwear for professional use. This standard defines, in reference to the EN ISO 20344 standard, the fundamental and additional (facultative) requirements for safety footwear for professional use. This footwear includes the necessary safety device to protect the wearer’s toes against risk of injury from falling objects and accidents which could occur in industrial environments. Fit out with a toe cap, this footwear protects the wearer’s toes against crushing impacts with a protection provided on 100 Joules.
EN ISO 20347 : Specifications for work footwear for professional use. This footwear is different from safety footwear by the fact that these do not have toe caps against injury from falling objects or crushing impacts.
Requirements – EN Standards for safety shoes
Shoes category
| Class | Requirements | |||
| Safety | Protection | Occupational | ||
| EN ISO 20345 | EN ISO 20346 | EN ISO 20347 | ||
| SB | PB | OB | I ή II | Basic requirement |
| S1 (S1P)* | P1 | O1 | I | – Antistatic property
– Energy absorption heel – Oil and hydrocarbon resistant sole – Anti slip sole *S1P: as S1 but with anti perforation sole |
| S2 | P2 | O2 | I | As in S1 or P1 or O1, as well as:
– Waterproof |
| S3 | P3 | O3 | I | As in S2 or P2 or O2, as well as:
– Anti perforatiοn sole |
| S4 | P4 | O4 | II | – Antistatic property
– Energy absorption heel – Oil and hydrocarbon resistant sole – Waterproof |
| S5 | P5 | O5 | II | As in S4 or P4 or O4 as well as:
– Anti perforatiοn sole |
