hurdles. do you special equipment for thi this? we have slip-on boots, and when it rains and gets icy, we have special boots with the spikes on them and also slip-on spikes for when it is icy. any sort of city ordnance that you have to shovel, a nd yu are not penalized financially or anything like that? no, nothing like that. any injuries in the line of duty? well, i had several tumbles and once two months when i thought i broke my ankle. what is the most perilous aspect of the job, dogs or icy stairs? in this area, there are a lot of dogs, but i would say icy stairs. it is one thing to work in