{"id":11,"date":"2014-02-25T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T22:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metguard.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2020-09-17T13:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:20:37","slug":"metatarsal-injury-and-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metguard.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Metatarsal Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"BUY THE METGUARD\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metguard-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\">BUY THE METGUARD<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"BUY THE METGUARD PRO\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metguard-pro-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\">BUY THE METGUARDPRO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metatarsal injuries are the most common traumatic foot injuries causing debilitating pain and lost work time.<\/p>\n<p>The Metatarus consists of the five long bones of the foot, which are numbered from the medial side. The larger of these bones, the OS metatarsale 1 is the most exposed and is more likely to be damaged from contact by a heavy load. This bone is the metatarsal attached to the \u201cgreat toe\u201d or big toe and the bone that is responsible for distribution of weight when walking. The remaining four bones, OS metatarsale 2 &#8211; 5 are attached in turn to the remaining four toes of the foot and assist with balance when walking. These bones are protected by the Kanga Tuff- MetGuard to reduce or prevent injury.<\/p>\n<h4>Industries with highest number of Metatarsal injuries:<\/h4>\n<table class=\"data-table blue\">\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Manufacturing &amp; Fabrication<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 88%;\">22%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Construction<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 44%;\">11%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Transport &amp; Storage<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 32%;\">8%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Retail &amp; Trade<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 32%;\">8%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Property &amp; Business Services<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 24%;\">7%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t<\/table>\n<p><strong>Of these industries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"data-table aqua\">\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Laborers<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 84%;\">42%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Trades people<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 38%;\">19%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Plant &amp; Machine operators<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 26%;\">13%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data-label\">Sales &amp; personal service<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t<td class=\"data\"><div class=\"bar\" style=\"width: 16%;\">8%<\/div><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t<\/table>\n<p><strong>Metatarsal Injury facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is a devastating personal injury<\/li>\n<li>Painful and debilitating<\/li>\n<li>Requires a long term rehabilitation process<\/li>\n<li>Usually a long Lost Time Injury (LTI)<\/li>\n<li>Results in high costs to employers for workers downtime<\/li>\n<li>Falling and rolling objects account for more than 73% of all injuries to the feet.<\/li>\n<li>Most injuries are caused by objects weighing less than 20kg falling less than 1 metre.<\/li>\n<li>23% of foot injuries that occur to people wearing steel toe cap footwear is damage to the Metatarsal area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"BUY - METGUARD\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metguard-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\">BUY: METGUARD<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Non-conductive durable polycarbonate.\u00a0Fits most safety shoes and boots.<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"BUY - METGUARD PRO\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metguard-pro-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\">BUY: METGUARDPRO<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Extendeds to the toe area of the foot to provide additional coverage.<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"BUY - METSTRAP\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metstrap-straps-for-metguard-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\">BUY: METSTRAP<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Optional straps used for shoes without laces for Metguard or Metguardpro.<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"BUY THE METGUARD\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metguard-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.impacto.ca\/uploads\/2018\/02\/METGUARD_Catalog.jpg\" alt=\"Metguard\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"BUY THE METGUARD PRO\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metguard-pro-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.impacto.ca\/uploads\/2020\/06\/metguardproc.jpg\" alt=\"Metguard PRO\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"BUY THE METSTRAP\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedppeusa.com\/products\/metstrap-straps-for-metguard-metatarsal-protector\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.impacto.ca\/uploads\/2018\/02\/METSTRAP_Catalog.jpg\" alt=\"Metstrap\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUY THE METGUARD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BUY THE METGUARDPRO Metatarsal injuries are the most common traumatic foot injuries causing debilitating pain and lost work time. The Metatarus consists of the five long bones of the foot, which are numbered from the medial side. The larger of these bones, the OS metatarsale 1 is the most exposed and is more likely to be damaged from contact by a heavy load. This bone is the metatarsal attached to the \u201cgreat toe\u201d or big toe and the bone that is responsible for distribution of weight when walking. The remaining four bones, OS metatarsale 2 &#8211; 5 are attached in turn to the remaining four toes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Metatarsal injury and protection from MetGuard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Metatarsal injury is a devastating personal injury and long lost time (LTI) injury for employers that is prevented with upper foot protection from MetGuard.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metguard.com\/?page_id=11\" \/>\n<meta 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