EN ISO 20347
Occupational footwear
Occupational footwear without a protective toecap: slip resistance, comfort and durability requirements for workplaces without impact or compression risk to the toes.
Current edition:
EN ISO 20347:2022 + A1:2024 — successor of EN ISO 20347:2012The same 2022 generation change as its sibling standards; as occupational footwear, its defining difference is that no protective toecap is required.
At the review date EN ISO 20347:2022+A1:2024 is the harmonised edition (cited 8 October 2024, Decision (EU) 2024/2599); the 2012 edition lost its presumption of conformity on 8 April 2026. The EU Official Journal defines the status at any given time.
What does the standard require?
- No toecap requirement: for workplaces where toe protection is not needed — the distinction from EN ISO 20345/20346
- Basic slip resistance is an unmarked base requirement here too (ceramic tile + surfactant), with the optional SR glycerine test
- Optional protections: P/PL/PS perforation, A antistatic, E energy absorption, HI/CI, HRO, FO, WR, CR, M, AN — per the shared marking table
- WPA upper for the O2 level; whole-footwear WR for O6/O7
Classes and levels: OB → O1 → O2 → O3/O3L/O3S → O4/O5 (all-polymeric) → O6/O7 (waterproof) — the S-ladder with the letter O, without a toecap.
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Further reading
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