>Don't know of any other country that doesn't use shoes. Not only "shoes", they usually need to be conformant to local safety norms (EN ISO 20345 in Eu) that i

>Don't know of any other country that doesn't use shoes. Not only "shoes", they usually need to be conformant to local safety norms (EN ISO 20345 in Eu) that include a "hard point" (resistant to 200 joule or 20 kg falling from 1 meter height) and - usually - an anti-perforation layer underneath (those used in construction, at least here in Italy are either S1P or S3 type).