Industrial Wear
As stated above, the all-rubber (or plastic, composite, etc.) waterproof construction, especially when mated to a steel toe was an enormous and widely adopted footwear for all manner of industry. An exhaustive list is beyond the scope of the article, but a short list would include:
White boots, one-piece construction, commonly of PVC or a similar plastic are worn in
- Abattoirs or meat-packing plants
- Clean rooms for delicate and sensitive electronics, including satellites and microchips
- Fast-food industry
- Haz-Mat hazardous chemicals clean up operations
- Surgeries
- U.S. concrete pouring
- U.S. shrimp boats
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