Hands down, the most popular safety shoe is the athletic safety shoe. In a HYTEST market research group back in the early 1990's, when asked what they would like to see available,Safety Footwear, a compelling number of research participants urged HYTEST to make a more comfortable safety shoe, like an athletic safety shoe. Once they proved to meet safety standards,Oxford Safety Shoes, employers also liked them. So it was no surprise that once the O.T.s (HYTESTs athletic safety shoe brand) hit the market, they became a huge, overnight success; and competitors, like Lehigh and Iron Age joined in the fun. Offering working employees a variety of athletic safety shoes from which to choose. Today there are four main companies who offer athletic safety shoes, and three technologies to consider when purchasing them. Sketchers Sketchers (formerly L.A. Gear) is the premiere athletic safety shoe company,6 Inch Work Boots, especially in terms of introducing more styles and colors to the womens athletic safety shoes market; as well as bringing the super comfortable memory foam insole to safety shoes. Browse Sketchers Athletic Safety Shoes