Heavy work definition

Heavy work means exerting fifty to one hundred pounds of force occasionally, and/or twenty to fifty pounds of force frequently and/or ten to twenty pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for medium work.
Heavy work means 350 to 500 kcal/hr (kilocalories per hour), for example: heavy lifting and pushing, shovel work.
Heavy work means a kind of work that uses intense force or burns between 350- 500 kilocalories of energy per hour such as shoveling, drilling, boring, pounding using hammer, moving object with crane and sling, etc., or other similar work.

Examples of Heavy work in a sentence

  • Buildings which are part of a water treatment or sewage treatment plant are not covered by this Addendum, they are "Heavy" work.

  • Incumbents, to the extent that they are physically able, may be required to perform Janitorial Cleaner - Heavy work.

  • Worker productivity (per hour) Light work (WI = 180W) WBGT (°C) Moderate work (WI = 295W) WBGT (°C) Heavy work (WI = 415W) WBGT (°C) 100% (full work) 31.0 28.6 26.8 75% 31.5 29.0 27.8 50% 32.0 30.5 29.5 25% 32.5 31.7 31.2 Using the estimations in Table 3-4, productivity loss functions for five different work intensities (WI) were calculated.


More Definitions of Heavy work

Heavy work means 350 or higher kcal/hr (kilocalories per hour), for example: heavy lifting and pushing, shovel work.