Rocky Brands Georgia Boot steel-toed work shoes

What went wrong

The notice saysWhen compressed, the steel toe cap in the shoes can fail to protect the wearer’s feet.

Safety-toe and metatarsal-guard boots are sold to meet impact and compression ratings. When a recall says the protection may fail, it means the boot may not hold up to the force the label promises. Employers who require protective footwear generally expect it to meet the rating printed in the boot, so check with your safety officer about a replacement.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThe recalled shoes are six inches tall, brown leather, steel-toed shoes with dark brown padding at the ankles sold under the Georgia Boot brand name. On the outward side, the boots have a tag with the words "Met-Guard" at the stitching and the Georgia Boot logo near the heel. A white label on inside of the tongue of the recalled boots have the Georgia Boot logo, the product number "G9075" on the left side, a date code between 01-12 and 10-13 in the MM-YY format on the right side, and the words "Men’s Georgia Metatarsal 6" Brown."

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Georgia Boot steel-toed work shoes), the sale period (January 2012 to November 2013), where it was sold (see “Sold at” above) and the “made in” label (China). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should stop wearing the recalled shoes immediately and contact Rocky Brands for a free pair of replacement steel-toed shoes in a similar style.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Rocky Brands Inc. at (866) 245-2159 from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, email at [email protected], or online at www.rockybrands.com, www.lehighoutfitters.com or www.lehighsafetyshoes.com, and click on Safety Notice for more

The recall is 12 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 12 years ago. The notice gives a phone number, an email address and a website for the firm; contact details that old may no longer work, while the CPSC notice stays online as the record of the recall.

How this recall compares

• With about 6,800 units, this is the 49th largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is below typical size.
• 11 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (impact and crush), 6 of them in men’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 2004.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 23 months (January 2012 to November 2013), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 5 months after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $150. For work and safety boots in the archive the typical stated price is about $110, so this pair sat at the pricier end of its group.
• No incidents were reported before this recall. That is true of 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive: firms often recall after their own testing or a supplier finding, not after injuries.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2014 brought 5 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 48,900 units in all. This was the 2nd of the year by date and the 3rd largest by units.
• The notice names the steel toe cap as the part that fails. 2 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Steel toe work boots (2013).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• At the stated price, the 6,800 units come to roughly $1.0 million of retail sales.

Against the other Rocky Brands recall

Rocky Brands also recalled Hunting Boots on May 19, 2015. This recall came 13 months before it. It covered about 3.8 times as many units (6,800 against 1,800). The hazards differ: this one is an impact or crush hazard, the other an other hazard. These sold for less, $150 against $200. The notice cites no reports, the later one 1.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.