Blood, and maybe steel-toed boots good idea?

It's an ill wind that blows no good.. Look at the bright side.. Your new toenail may not be buggered up like the old one?

I learned two things very early in life ... not to go riding horseback in bare feet ... and just how far a smart old kid horse could side-step to 'accidently' put a hoof down on a tennis shoe!

Yup, this is the problem. The steel toe isn't designed to support a large amount of weight, it's more for if you kick something or drop something light on it. I've heard stories like this where a heavy weight dropped on someone's boot and it bent the steel cap into their foot, crushing or cutting the foot and then needed to be cut off the foot.

My Dh has been sitting here almost 6 weeks now,with 2 broken feet. A hydrolic cylinder -that thingie that pushes up the box of a full dump truck- slipped it's chain and fell from 5' onto his steel toed boots/feet. Dr. says it would have been much worse without the boots. One break might not be able to heal with out pining.
Dh does wear muck boots when loading cattle in the barn ,but a old pair of work boots out in the field. Keeping a pitch fork in one hand keeps the cows away. Tho we used to have to worry about the topside,because we had Longhorns,now we have Angus. Dh is not good on his feet( I say this because I'm always barefoot,and notice a diffrence paying attention to ones feet at all times)-but accidents do happen. I hope you feel better and that nothing is broke.

This is the same as the old helmet/seatbelt/airbag, ect argument. Steel caps save a lot of toes. Anything that will cave a steel cap will turn your toes to goo anyway so you might as well wear them! Mythbusters did a good episode on them.

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i feel your pain, I'd go for the steel toed boots for sure, but make sure they are a good fit, I had some when I worked at a factory and they caused my toenail to turn black from pressure on it..so get a really really good fit..esp with the bad toe

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Having experience with steel toed shoes (required in my job), I am totally against them.
They might be a little help to save your toe from and axe or something, but otherwise, in my opinion, they are dangerous. A brick fell on my foot from about 3 feet and it caused the back edge of the steel toe to pivot back and down and cut into the front of my foot.

Metatarsal guards, are great for safety, especially when using an axe, but I don't know how much good they wood do for a cow stepping on ones foot.

Composite toe would be better, and are the only kind of boots hubby will use for work. The steel toes hold cold, so your feet will freeze while out doing chores.

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I don't wear steel toe anything, and have been stepped on a time or two. I generally just make sure to keep my toes out of harm's way. Most of the time you can avoid being stepped on.

Oh, and I'm sorry about your toe! That must hurt like crazy!

When you have to get in her face, ask her to step back, do what you have to do, then allow her back in. She will come to realize that when you ask her to step away from the crib, good things happen.

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Yup, I wasn't saying not to wear them, I"m sure they've saved more toes than they've harmed. Being in the truck driving and equipment operating line of work for 26 years, even if they weren't mandatory, I would have worn them anyway. I know for a fact that I have toes today because of them.

Now, if I had worn shin guards I would have saved myself a ton of pain...... dang trailer hitches are at EXACTLY that level....

Sorry for your pain. After viewing your pic, I will be sure to watch my feet when we get cattle. ( Still shivering from the photo)
Andrew

Muck boots are a small step up from flip flops. They keep the mud off, that's it. No arch or ankle support, no protection from hooves. The women wear either flip flops or muck boots, nothing else. I'm getting tired of the tears when they get stepped on. Women have no common sense when it comes to horses or shoes!

As far as steel toes, yes they will help. Whomever was injured by a brick in steel toes, go out and grab another brick and try it first barefoot, then in Muck boots.

For working around livestock, I would say leather boots at a minimum, steel toe is better. I can't think of a meaningful, real downside to protecting your feet.

In my truck driving days, I managed to break 2 toes by dropping a steel loading ramp on them. I was wearing plain running shoes. I was self employed and had to keep on working despite the ouch. I invested in steel toed runners after that.
I hated them on the really hot summer days but they were worth it.

I could agree with this entire post, except for the bolded part.

I am a woman. I am even married to a man, do his cooking and cleaning (because he doesn't seem to know how). I wear steel-toed footwear. I do so around equipment, horses, and lots of other places. Since I didn't shed tears when I broke my arm in two places, I seriously doubt I will do so if I get stepped on and, for some weird reason, am NOT wearing a pair of steel toed at the time.

To say that women have no common sense because some of the ones you know wear flip-flops around horses would be the same as me stating that men must be intellectually inferior because the some of the ones I know can't seem to wash a dish without breaking it.

Fair assessment? I'll even agree with your bolded part that women have no common sense if you will grant that men are intellectually inferior.

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"First, Show me in the Bible where it says you can save someone's soul by annoying the hell out of them." -- Chuck

And pick up and rest the other foot.