In article , "George.com" writes:
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| Actually, bare feet can be safer than protective footwear! Much better
| grip and VERY much less likely to lose balance. I have injured myself
| much more often and more seriously by wearing protective footwear than
| by wearing bare feet, despite doing the latter vastly more of the time.
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| Positively the worst type of footwear for 'protection' is light
| 'trainers'; they may be enclosed, but they will stop nothing.
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| they offer much better protection for things thrown out by the mower blade
| like small stones. I have had a few of those & the trainers softened the
| impact, bare feet would have hurt quite a lot.

Heck - except for people who don't heal normally, that's ignorable.
My idea of safety is about things that matter - unlike minor pain :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.