Terms of use

By using The Boot Yard you agree to these terms. The short version: the site helps you research safety-toe boots, but it is not safety advice; the label inside the boot, the maker’s documentation and your employer’s safety program decide what you may wear at work; ratings and prices are correct only as of the dates shown; and we earn commissions on some links. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

1. Information, not a safety determination

The Boot Yard is an independent comparison site. It offers a catalogue of makers’ published rating lines and specs, a job finder, a label decoder, a compare tool with a shortlist, a size converter and buying guides. All of it is general information to help you research a purchase.

None of it is a hazard assessment, legal advice or a determination that a boot is suitable or compliant for your job. Under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132(d), hazard assessment and the selection of protective equipment are the employer’s responsibility, and OSHA’s footwear rules (29 CFR 1910.136 and, in construction, 1926.96) apply on that basis. Before you rely on a boot at work, check the rating line on the boot itself and confirm with your employer or safety officer that it meets their requirements. If a guide on this site and your employer’s rules disagree, follow your employer’s rules.

2. Electrical-hazard footwear

Where the site describes EH-rated boots, it describes a code on a label. EH footwear is a secondary layer of protection. It does not replace de-energising equipment, safe work procedures, insulated tools or any other part of an electrical safety program, and worn or damaged footwear may not perform as rated. Nothing on The Boot Yard should be read as saying that a boot makes work on or near live parts safe.

3. Ratings and specs can change

We do not warrant that any rating line, spec, size chart, price or availability on the site is complete, current or correct. Makers revise boots, add or drop protections between versions, and update their pages, sometimes without notice, and a style number can matter. Each entry links to the maker’s page and shows the date we read it. If the maker’s page or the boot’s label now says something different from our page, the maker and the label are right.

4. How the tools work, and their limits

• The job finder applies published rules (set out on the editorial process page) to the hazards you select. Its results are only as good as the hazards you choose and the rating lines makers publish. A result means a boot’s published codes include the ones your selection maps to, not that the boot is approved for your workplace.
• The label decoder explains the codes it recognises. It does not verify that a boot was tested or that a label is genuine.
• The size converter matches foot lengths across makers’ published charts. It is an estimate: width, last shape, socks and insoles all affect fit, and charts change. Check the maker’s own chart and its return policy before ordering.
• Compare and share links record which boots were chosen. The ratings and prices they show are whatever the catalogue holds when the link is opened.

5. Prices and purchases

Prices are accurate as of the date and time shown next to them. Amazon prices come from Amazon’s API, refresh daily and apply to the linked size and colour; other sizes may be priced differently. The price and availability the retailer shows at checkout are the ones that apply.

As an Amazon Associate, The Boot Yard earns from qualifying purchases. It costs you nothing extra and never decides which boots we list. The Boot Yard sells nothing and has no cart. Any purchase is a contract between you and the retailer or maker, under its terms, return policy and warranty. We are not a party to it and cannot handle orders, returns or warranty claims.

6. Independence and trademarks

The Boot Yard is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ASTM International, OSHA or any boot brand. ASTM F2413 is a standard published by ASTM International; we describe it and link to their pages but do not reproduce it. Brand names, model names and logos belong to their owners and are used only to identify the products compared.

7. Using the site

• You may read and link to any page, and share compare and finder links.
• You may quote short passages with a link to the page they came from.
• You may not copy the catalogue, the size data or substantial parts of the guides for republication, or present them as your own.
• You may not scrape the site at a volume that slows it for others, try to break its security, or use it for anything unlawful.

8. Other websites

We link to makers’ sites, Amazon, OSHA, ASTM International, forums and other sources so you can check our information or buy a boot. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, availability or privacy practices. Their terms apply once you leave.

9. Limitation of liability

The site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent the law allows. To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Boot Yard and its operator are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising from your use of the site, from reliance on its content, or from a purchase made through one of its links. That includes a boot that does not meet a requirement at your workplace, a boot that does not fit, a rating that changed, or a price that changed. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

10. Changes and governing law

We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the last change, and using the site after a change means you accept it. These terms are governed by the laws applicable where the site operator is based, without affecting any mandatory consumer protections you have where you live.

Questions

Questions about these terms can go to our contact email (being set up; it will appear on this page shortly). See also the privacy policy, the about page, the contact page and the safety-toe boot guide.