DR AS/NZS 2210.1 Safety, protective and occupational footwear, Part 1: Guide to selection, care and use

Overview

We are consulting on a proposed amendment to the existing joint Australian/New Zealand standard. The proposed amendment was prepared by Joint Technical Committee SF-003 Occupational protective footwear.

What is AS/NZS 2210.1 about? 

AS/NZS 2210.1 sets out the recommended practices for the selection, care and use of safety, protective and occupational footwear. It also includes the hazards associated with the use of such footwear.

The objective of this document is to provide users with advice for recommended practices for the selection, care and use of safety, protective and occupational footwear for use in a wide range of environment and occupations.

The major changes in this edition are as follows:

(a) Incorporation of changes to requirements and terminology relating to occupational footwear in the latest editions of the other parts of the AS/NZS 2210 series.
(b) Deletion of reference to AS/NZS 2210.4.
(c) Update of reference to BS EN 50321‑1, Live working — Footwear for electrical protection, Part 1: Insulating footwear and overboots.

Consultation draft

Please find below the consultation draft to view.

DZ AS/NZS 2210.1 Part 1

Important to note

All submissions need to go through this portal. There is no option to upload separate files during the submission process. Documents with submissions sent to Standards New Zealand separately will not be considered by the committee.  

Please kindly note this public comment draft is for New Zealand consultation, and New Zealand stakeholders only. This draft was previously released for Australian consultation through Standards Australia. Any comments received from stakeholders outside of New Zealand will be marked for future work, unless previously resolved.