you couldnt lay down plastic or something?

I would tell them if they had something to put down I would gladly do it. The company didnt provide anything like plastic. I suggested they buy us booties but they were ultra cheap.

Your refusal was valid, IMO although it's hard to say how much a steel toed boot would help if you actually dropped a 300lb refrigerator on your foot. It might just crush the steel toe.

no it surely wouldn't, . . I've had many a car tires run over my steel toe boots when I used to change oil

That's different The tire isn't hard like the edge of a refrigerator, and it isn't being dropped from a height.

dropping it from a height ? what are you launching it off your balcony into your truck ?! ?!?

No, but the issue is pounds per square inch. The edge of a refridgerator would provide a very small contact point, and the steel won't flex that much.

x lb fridge compared to a x ton car hmmm, . .which can put out more lbs/square inch, . . lets seee hmmmmmmmmmmmm

The fridge, easily. :P The car after all is still resting on the other x wheels, plus even the wheel that rolls over your foot will be partially resting on the ground, plus the part of the tire that does touch your foot will flex, and has a larger contact area. The fridge would apply all that pressure to one small spot on the metal, and even if it was dropped from just a few inches up, the force it applies will be a lot greater than the static force applied by something just resting on it.

exactly It wasnt really my point it was just a good one to use i thought.