Identify and Use Static Dissipative (SD) Safety Shoes

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Understand that Static Dissipative (SD) safety shoes are designed to dissipate static electricity from the body to the ground in a controlled manner. They are conductive, acting like a piece of wire to prevent the buildup of static charges that could damage sensitive electronic equipment, such as in data centers. It's important to remember that walking on certain surfaces (like carpet) can build up static electricity in your body, and SD shoes help discharge this safely.

Goal: Select and wear SD shoes for static electricity discharge.

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Static Dissipative — safely discharging static electricity from the body

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>> They actually conduct electricity so that when you're working in a data center, any static that builds up, sometimes your battery your your body could act like a battery. As you're walking, you build up static electricity, right? You remember as a kid with carpet, you'd walk in the carpet with your socks on, you go open your doororknob, you get that little spark, >> a little Yeah. >> Well, they have shoes that will actually discharge any potential that builds up, any static potential. >> Oh, I didn't know that. >> Now, those are special shoes that only

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