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You obviously have never tried to get a Khmer to wear boots, even if you issue them.  Getting my guys to wear their boots instead of sandals was a never-ending battle.

BTW:  There is no Cambodian version of OSHA.

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Your Avatar is strangely appropriate,

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Now, I have titanium inside the bone, so I won't be breaking THAT leg anymore, or at least it won't come out the side of the boot like it did before.

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Steel toes probably wouldn't have helped my tibia any when I landed wrong while parachuting.  Now, I have titanium inside the bone, so I won't be breaking THAT leg anymore, or at least it won't come out the side of the boot like it did before.  Can you say, "OUCH?"

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Steel toes probably wouldn't have helped my tibia any when I landed wrong while parachuting.  Now, I have titanium inside the bone, so I won't be breaking THAT leg anymore, or at least it won't come out the side of the boot like it did before.  Can you say, "OUCH?"

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Well, becoming Wolverine one little bit at a time will take SOME pain.  I was awake for the procedure when they drilled the hold down through the tibia from the knee to the ankle, then pounded the titanium pin (hollow) down through the bone with a slide hammer.  I couldn't feel a thing, but it was fun to watch.  Every stroke would pull my leg down.  As I couldn't feel the leg, it just felt like what I guess it would feel like to get your leg taken off by a shark.  About 40 to 50 times.    Then they used a power drill like Tim Allen would love to have to drill the two screw holes through the bone, matching that with the pin.  This took an x-ray machine that displayed on a screen so they could see what they were doing.  Pretty neat procedure, actually.  I had to wait 6 more weeks for it to heal, of course, but then I was fine.  Otherwise, they would have had to take the leg below the knee.  Now, though, I don't even notice it.