| Definition: | footwear ensuring that a person standing on a conductive or dissipative floor has a resistance to earth low enough to ensure dissipation of electrostatic charges but high enough to reduce the risk of a hazardous electrical shock Note 1 to entry: See IEC 61340-4-3, Electrostatics – Part 4-3: Standard test methods for specific applications – Footwear, and IEC 61340-4-5, Electrostatics – Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications – Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person. Note 2 to entry: Antistatic footwear as described in ISO 20345, Personal protective equipment – Safety footwear, can fulfil this function.
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