Impact and crush

Impact and crush recalls are about protective footwear that does not protect as labeled. Almost all of them are safety-toe or metatarsal-guard work boots whose toe caps or guards failed impact or compression testing, or boots sold with the wrong protective rating on the label. For anyone who wears these boots on a job site, the label is the whole point, so a mismatch is treated as a safety defect even when nobody was hurt.

Most notices in this group report no injuries; the recalls followed the firm’s own testing. Remedies lean toward replacement boots rather than refunds.

What the numbers show

• Who wore them: men’s 7, adult / unisex 5.
• Product types: work and safety boots (12).
• 2 of 11 detailed notices cite reports before the recall; the median is 1 and the highest is 1 for Justin Boots Keaven WP Met Guard Work Boots Model SE4570 (2024).
• No notice in this group gives a count of injuries.
• Median time on sale before the recall: 13 months, across 11 notices that give sale dates.
• Most common country of manufacture: China (8), Vietnam (2), United States (1), Dominican Republic (1).
• Remedies named: replace 4, refund 3.

By decade

Largest recalls in this group